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Chapter 14 – When Instinct Refuses to Be Silent

Auteur: Sarah
last update Date de publication: 2026-02-03 03:21:20

May had always trusted numbers.

Patterns. Logic. Facts.

But nothing in her years of building companies, surviving grief, or outsmarting powerful men had prepared her for the quiet, relentless pull she felt whenever Aiden looked at her.

That morning, it was unmistakable.

She stood at the kitchen counter, stirring tea absentmindedly, while Aiden sat at the dining table beside Aria, carefully peeling an orange the same way she did—slowly, methodically, removing every string.

Her hand stilled.

That
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