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Chapter 16: What She Wants
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Rebirth: Winning Back My Husband Chapter 16: What She Wants
The office fell into silence once more.The lunch plates had long been emptied. Outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, the afternoon sun drifted westward, casting long shadows across the skyline. The city bustled beneath them, oblivious to the strange stillness inside the executive office.Neither of them spoke.Lucian sat behind his desk, one hand resting lightly against the armrest of his chair. His documents remained open before him, untouched. His attention had not returned to work.Across from him, Aveline sat quietly, her fingers loosely folded in her lap.The silence wasn't comfortable.But neither of them seemed willing to disturb it.Several long moments passed before Lucian lifted his eyes.His gaze settled on her. Calm. Unreadable."What do you really want?"His voice was low, carrying through the quiet office with effortless authority."You've been acting differently ever since you woke up."His eyes flickered briefly toward the empty lunchbox."You cooked. You came here. Y
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Lucian held Aveline's gaze for a second.Then his eyes shifted.He looked at Katie. His voice was flat, devoid of inflection—the kind of cold that didn't need to raise itself to be felt."Get out."Katie blinked. Her mouth opened, then closed. She looked at Aveline—a quick, instinctive glance—waiting. In the old days, Aveline would have defended her. Would have said she's my friend, Lucian, you can't speak to her like that. Would have turned on him, as she always did, and made him the villain.But Aveline didn't look at her.Didn't move.Didn't speak.Her eyes were fixed on something in the middle distance—the window, the city, nothing. She might as well have been alone in the room.Lucian's voice came again, each word distinct and deliberate."I said. Get. Out."Katie's hand clenched at her side. She walked to the door without looking back. The click of her heels faded down the corridor.The door swung shut.Silence.Lucian exhaled slowly through his nose. Not a sigh—just a breath. H
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The days blurred.Wake. Eat. Sleep. Watch him work. Exchange a few quiet words. Eat again. Sleep again.The nurses came and went. They checked her vitals, changed her IV, adjusted her pillows. They moved with hushed efficiency, their eyes careful to avoid the man in the corner.Lucian's orders. No visitors. No exceptions.Damien and Katie didn't come back.Aveline didn't ask about them. She didn't care.---On the fifth day, she tried to sit up too quickly.Her vision went grey. The room tilted. She reached for the bedside table to steady herself—and missed.A hand caught her before she fell.His grip was firm around her arm. Steadying. His other hand pressed against her back, guiding her upright. She felt the heat of his palm through the thin hospital gown. Felt the strength in his fingers."Slowly," he said.His voice was close. She looked up.His face was inches from hers. Close enough to see the faint shadows beneath his eyes. Close enough to count the lines of tension around his
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The door clicked shut. The sound was soft, final—a seal between them and the world outside. Aveline felt Lucian's hand still at her waist, steadying her, waiting for her legs to hold her weight. She leaned into him without thinking, and he absorbed her weight without comment. Then he guided her forward. His steps were measured, unhurried. Each footfall deliberate. When they reached the bed, he turned her gently, his hands finding her shoulders, easing her down onto the mattress. The sheets rustled beneath her. He lifted her legs, one at a time, and swung them onto the bed with the same impersonal efficiency a nurse might use. The blanket came up. He tucked it around her hips, then her waist. His fingers brushed her shoulder as he adjusted the pillow behind her head. He didn't meet her eyes. "There," he said. Quiet. Flat. He turned. His footsteps crossed the room—seven strides, she counted—and stopped at the window. The chair scraped against the floor as he pulled it out. He sat
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The silence that followed was complete. Katie's smile froze. Damien's carefully composed concern flickered—just for a moment, just a crack—before he smoothed it back into place. Aveline stood in the doorway and said nothing. She didn't need to. That look—cool, unhurried, ancient with a knowledge they couldn't name—passed over them both like a blade drawing slowly across skin. Not angry. Not wounded. Just... aware. Terribly, quietly aware. Then she blinked, and it was gone. What replaced it was exhaustion. Real, bone-deep exhaustion that buckled her knees without warning. Lucian moved before she could fall. He was at her side in three steps, one arm sliding around her waist, drawing her weight against him with the practiced steadiness of a man who had caught her before and intended to catch her again. His hand settled at her side—careful, firm—and he said nothing. Just held her. Aveline let herself lean into him. It was the easiest thing she had done in three years.
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