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Chapter 14

Autor: Ummi Salmat
last update Data de publicação: 2026-06-01 02:35:08

WATCHING

Helen's fingers tightened instinctively around Cole's hand.

The shift in him happened so fast it unsettled her immediately.

One second he had been close enough that she'd stopped breathing properly. Close enough that she'd felt the warmth of him and the particular quiet of someone about to close the last remaining distance between them.

The next—every trace of that disappeared.

Like a door closing.

His jaw set. His shoulders straightened. His eyes fixed on the black car across the stre
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