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Chapter 32

Author: Mebi_xx
last update publish date: 2026-03-17 12:11:57

The tension didn’t disappear after the confrontation.

It shifted.

Less suspicion. More proximity.

And proximity was dangerous.

I. Rafael — Fire

It started with an argument.

It always did with Rafael.

“You think you’re invincible,” he muttered one evening as they stood alone in the kitchen.

“I think I’m underestimated,” Ivy shot back.

He stepped closer.

Too close.

“You met him without telling us.”

“And you kept history from me.”

His jaw flexed.

“You don’t understand the kind of man he is.”

“And
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