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Fifty-two
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One Night Stand series Fifty-four
Leah could still feel the parchment’s coarse edge digging into her fingertips long after it had slipped from her hand. The words burned inside her skull, circling like vultures. You’re next.The note lay on the floor where it had fallen, harmless in appearance but carrying the weight of a death sentence. She wanted to crush it under her heel, to erase it from existence, but even the thought of touching it again made her skin crawl.Nathan’s hand was still on her arm, firm, grounding. She hated that part of her wanted to lean into his grip, to draw from the steadiness in his touch. With every ounce of willpower, she pulled back.“Don’t,” she whispered, stepping away until her back hit the cold wall. “Don’t touch me, don’t say anything. Just tell me the truth for once.”Nathan’s eyes flickered with something unreadable…pain, anger, exhaustion, all tangled together. “I’ve been telling you the truth, Leah. You just don’t want to hear it.”Her laugh cracked, hollow and bitter. “The truth?
One Night Stand series Fifty-three
Leah’s chest still ached with the weight of last night’s revelations. She hadn’t slept, not even for a moment. Every time she closed her eyes, Mira’s pale, bloodless face would return, and with it, the echo of Nathan’s broken voice. “My father… maybe.”She pressed her palms hard against her temples as she stood by her bedroom window. The dawn light cut a weak line across the horizon, but it did nothing to ease her darkness. Every corridor of the mansion seemed to hum with secrets, every shadow whispered of betrayal. And yet, despite everything her heart betrayed her more than anyone else.Nathan, his name was an ache on her lips. He had become both her torment and her refuge. She hated him for the suspicion that clung to his every step, for the blood she feared stained his hands. But she also hated the way her heart leapt whenever his voice touched her name.Leah gripped the window ledge, willing the cold stone to steady her.“Are you spying on the sunrise now?”Her breath caught, sh
One Night Stand series Fifty-two
Leah barely recognized the girl staring back at her in the mirror. Hollow eyes, lips pressed into a trembling line, hair falling in uneven strands around her face.She had not slept since Mira’s death. Sleep meant silence, and silence brought the memory back: Mira’s laughter cut short, her body broken, and Nathan’s shadow looming like an executioner.Leah should have hated him without question. But the guard’s hushed words still burned in her mind like fire written on her skin.“It wasn’t the young master… orders came from higher up.”The phrase clung to her like a curse, who was higher up? Nathan’s father? Someone else in the family?She wanted to dismiss it, wanted to keep her anger sharp and simple. But doubt crept in like poison. If Nathan wasn’t Mira’s killer, then she had condemned him wrongly. And if he was innocent… then the real enemy still lurked in these polished halls, watching her every move.The morning air felt cold despite the fire roaring in her chamber. Servants pass
One Night Stand series Fifty-one
Leah stumbled blindly down the hallway, her vision blurred with tears. Her chest heaved with uneven breaths, each one scraping her lungs as if the very air were too sharp to breathe.She pressed a trembling hand to the wall, dragging herself forward. She only wanted distance from Nathan’s voice, from his denials, from the unbearable weight of the truth she thought she had uncovered.Her footsteps echoed in the dim corridor, the mansion unnervingly quiet as though it, too, mourned Mira’s death. But the silence did not comfort her. It suffocated…The chandeliers above flickered, their light stretching shadows across the floor, reminding her of that morning when she had stepped outside and found Mira’s body stiff and lifeless in the cold.The image would not leave her, Mira’s pale skin, her bloodied lips, the broken nails that told of her desperate fight every detail was etched into Leah’s memory with cruel precision.She saw it every time she closed her eyes. She heard the finality in N
One Night Stand series Fifty
Tears stung Leah’s eyes as she stood frozen, staring at Mira’s lifeless body the next day. Her skin had turned ghostly pale, drained of every trace of warmth. Blood streaked across her cheeks and pooled at the corner of her lips, dried dark against the fragile lines of her face.Her eyes once so full of light were wide open, rolled back into a chilling white that made Leah’s stomach twist. It was as if life had been ripped from her violently, leaving behind only a shell that mocked the memory of who she had been.Mira’s hair clung to her damp skin, strands matted with blood, and her delicate hands were curled stiffly at her sides, the nails broken as though she had fought until her very last breath.A sob broke free from Leah’s throat, raw and aching. She stood rooted to the spot, watching as Mira’s body was wrapped and bundled away. It was the first sight that had greeted her when she stepped out of the mansion that morning, the pale body lying out in the cold air, robbed of its fire
One Night Stand series Forty-nine
“Why are you here?” His voice was low, dangerous, meant only for her but everyone was listening. Leah lips parted, a thousand questions on the tip of her tongue. But Edwardo laughed, raising his glass while enjoying the show.He hates his father and Leah….she wasn't supposed to be here.“Why, my dear boy, isn’t it obvious? And she's family, we don't hide anything from family.The crowd erupted in cheers, and suddenly, I looked at Nathan. He shook his head ever so slightly, his jaw clenched. But it was too late. I had stepped into his world, and now… there was no turning back.He felt panic just from the way she looked at him, what in god's name would she think of him now. Nathan felt guilty, he shouldn't care but this lady's judgement means a lot.She was the only person that hadn't seen his dark side. He doesn't want her to see, he wanted to hide her away from this life but now she was standing here with his father standing happily next to her.“Leah." He called but she seemed distan
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