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Chapter 45 – A Night to Remember

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Isabella stood frozen in her hallway, her hand still gripping the door handle. She had prepared herself for this moment—the moment when she would finally face Alexander again. But now, as the sound of his car engine idling outside her window, the nerves that had been building inside her since his message this afternoon rushed to the surface.

Her heart beat in a rapid, almost erratic rhythm, and she was keenly aware of the butterflies in her stomach. The last time they had been together, the air between them had been thick with unspoken words. Tension had pulsed beneath every word, every glance. But tonight… tonight was different. Chloe was gone, and Isabella was left alone with her thoughts. Alone with her feelings for Alexander.

She had tried to bury those feelings beneath distractions, convincing herself that it wasn’t worth pursuing, that it wasn’t wise. After all, Alexander Blackwood was a force of nature, a man who could break anyone who dared get too close. But now that he was
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