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chapter thirty three

Author: Amanda Dyz
last update Last Updated: 2025-11-25 04:49:47

The door closed softly behind him.

For a long moment, Lily didn’t move. She just stared at the spot where Alex had been standing seconds ago, the warmth of his presence still clinging to the air like a scent. Her heart thudded once. Too loud, too sharp and she forced herself to sit down.

She blinked at the document in front of her.

Read one sentence.

Then read it again.

And again.

It made no sense.

Nothing was sticking.

Her brain was replaying the last five minutes on a cruel, endless loop.

His voice; quiet and warm.

The way he’d looked at her like she mattered.

The way he’d said he missed her.

The hug.

God… the hug.

Lily pressed her palm against her chest, annoyed at the fluttering there.

“Get it together, Lily,” she muttered under her breath.

She tried, truly tried to dive back into the contract terms in front of her. She underlined a sentence, wrote a note, highlighted a phrase… but suddenly she couldn’t even remember why she highlighted it.

She leaned back in her chair, shut her e
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