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56: Not In The Right Headspace.

Penulis: TheLadyAthena
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-08-20 14:57:12

Naomi’s POV

Okay, I can do this. I exhaled deeply, willing my nerves to settle as I stepped into the hangar for training. God, I still can’t believe how ridiculous I acted the first time he said hi at the gym. I’d stolen his number, called him obsessively, and the moment I introduced myself on that first call… he never picked up again

I now understood. Dean Maddox wanted nothing to do with his best friend's daughter. And honestly, I should too.

But the moment I stepped into the hangar, my soul practically bolted from body as I came face to face with Dean Maddox.

Great, so much for me trying to act unbothered and unaffected.

And he was even…He was shirtless.

Sunlight slanted through the high glass panes above, washing over his skin and every infuriatingly perfect muscle in his back as he bent over the side of a gleaming black helicopter. His forearms flexed as he worked a wrench, veins standing out, sweat glistening down his spine in a slow, distracting trail. And his tattoos were fu
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