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CHAPTER 56: CAUGHT IN THE STORM.
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Dream's POV The studio lights dimmed after the interview, but the noise didn’t fade. It followed us out like a ghost, echoing through the reporters shouting questions, through the flashes of cameras, through the weight that settled in my chest the moment Adrian’s name was spoken aloud. I managed to smile, to keep my mask on until we reached the car. Gloss walked beside me, waving politely to the crowd, but his hand brushed mine once, subtle, grounding. I didn’t look at him. I couldn’t. By the time the driver closed the door and the city started to blur past the window, the silence became unbearable. Gloss finally said, “You okay?” I stared straight ahead. “Fine.” He sighed softly, turning his head toward me. “You don’t look fine.” “I said I’m fine.” The words came out sharper than I meant. He didn’t reply, but I could feel it, the flicker of my anger bleeding into him through the bond. His pulse quickened slightly, mirroring my own. I forced myself to take a breath, to pull
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Dream's POV It started with a headline. “CEO and Secretary Spotted Leaving Penthouse Together at Dawn.” There was even a picture, blurry, but unmistakably us. Gloss had been half-asleep, wearing my oversized hoodie, while I looked like someone who hadn’t slept in days. Which was true. Unfortunately, the world didn’t care about context. By the time I reached the office, chaos had already taken over. The lobby was crawling with reporters, microphones flashing like weapons. My assistant tried to block them as I walked through, but the questions came flying from every direction. “Mr. Dream! Is it true you’re in a relationship with your secretary?” “Were you together last night at your penthouse?” “Is this why the company canceled the investor’s dinner?” I ignored them, pushing through until the elevator doors slid shut. The silence inside was a relief, cold, sterile, temporary. When I reached my floor, Gloss was already waiting in my office, sitting at my desk like he owned the
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Gloss POV I never thought my life would come to this, standing at the edge of Dream’s ridiculously huge bed while the system blared in my head like an overenthusiastic wedding planner. [System Notification: To maintain emotional stability and synchronization, hosts must share sleeping quarters. Proximity improves balance by 73%.] I blinked at the message, rereading it three times, hoping it would magically change into something less humiliating. It didn’t. Dream, of course, was already unbuttoning his cufflinks, completely unfazed. “You heard the system,” he said calmly, as if the universe hadn’t just forced us into some cosmic sleepover. “I heard,” I muttered, still clutching my pillow like it was a lifeline. “Doesn’t mean I agree.” “You don’t have to agree,” he replied without looking up, his voice low and deliberate. “You just have to follow orders.” “Orders? Oh please,” I said, rolling my eyes. “You’re enjoying this.” He glanced at me then, a faint smirk pulling at his lip
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