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Chapter 38. Danger Warning

Author: jengreyy
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* Julliane *

When I wake, the sun is already high, its warm rays cutting through the thin lace curtains, casting delicate patterns on the wooden floor. Lance is gone, the sheets cool where his body had been. Yet his presence lingers, his touch still ghosting along my skin. I can still feel the warmth of his breath against my ear, the steady, possessive way his hands had traced my sides as we stood on the veranda last night, the humid night air thick around us.

Shaking off the dreamy haze, I slip from the bed and step into the shower, letting the steaming water wash away the remnants of sleep. As I stand there, eyes closed, I can almost hear the low rumble of his voice, the way it had wrapped around me like the night itself. A part of me wonders where he went so early, but then I remind myself that this is Lance, a man with bigger responsibilities in the Dankworth land, with work that seem to cling to him, even late in the evening.

After pulling on a pair of jeans and a light blouse, I
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