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Chapter 55: The Cost Of Absence

Autor: Eleanor Vance
last update Fecha de publicación: 2026-04-11 18:05:35

**Nadia**

I waited until the morning light had fully claimed the penthouse before I began.

I dressed in silence, choosing a soft gray sweater and black trousers that covered every inch of skin Dominic usually demanded access to. No silk robe left teasingly open at the thigh.

No bare shoulder brushing his chest as I passed. I moved through the kitchen like a woman who had simply woken up alone: pouring coffee, checking my tablet, answering a single work email with the calm precision of someone
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