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Chapter 36

Author: Neda
last update Last Updated: 2025-03-15 23:22:13

Claire

I could feel the soft call of the gentle waves of the water calling me in as I adjusted the strap of my swimming trunks. This was what I needed—silence, space, and the kind of peace only the sea could offer. That made me change my mind about going to the pool.

Just a few steps away from the outside, I collided into something firm. Someone.

A sharp inhale. A familiar scent—woodsy, clean, laced with that particular aura he always carried with him. My stomach clenched before my mind caught up.

I stepped back, heart slamming against my ribs as my eyes traveled up to his, his brown eyes pulling me in.

And just like that, the Maldives disappeared.

He looked as stunned as I felt, his brows lifting slightly, his lips parting as if to say something. My body, on the other hand, reacted on instinct. I turned sharply, whispered an ‘excuse me’ and walked past him as if he were nothing more than a stranger.

"Wait."

His fingers curled tightly around my wrists, pulling me back and stopping m
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