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Bolted in Place

Penulis: E L Simon
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2025-07-25 06:43:31

Sterling’s words lingered in the space between them.

Noah should’ve walked away.

Every bone in his body told him to go. To reclaim some scrap of control, some final thread of dignity. To throw up a wall before it crumbled entirely.

But his feet wouldn’t move.

They were bolted to the floor.

His chest rose and fell too fast as Sterling stood there, unapologetic and impossibly steady. Not smug. Not triumphant. Just certain. Like he already knew Noah wouldn’t leave.

Because he wouldn't.

They both k
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