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Chapter 7: Where it Hurts.

Penulis: Jeanette
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-07-24 07:41:28

I have been at the penthouse for a while now, and I haven’t really had any proper section with Max. Honestly, it didn’t feel like he needed one. He worked around like a man on holiday peacefully and entirely unbothered as though he had escaped reality instead of recovering from an injury.

It wasn’t like he’d fractured anything. Just a minor sprain in his leg. Nothing serious, nothing pressing.

I had just finished putting together my enormous room— it was so big, I still got lost in it sometimes— and I was getting ready to head out to the hospital. I needed to pick up some files and equipment, just in case Max's ‘little sprain’ turned into something more demanding.

Then I heard it.

“Hey, Quincy.”

The words barely landed before the door to my room flung open, no knock, no warning.

I turned quickly, startled— and there he was. Max stood in my doorway, like a scene from a daydream I wasn’t ready for. The morning light kissed his skin, making his already-golden glow even more dazzling an
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