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CHAPTER 29 — The Morning After Almost
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Ruined by My Best Friend’s Father CHAPTER 29 — The Morning After Almost
Chloe made coffee like nothing had happened. That was the first thing I heard when I came downstairs. The clatter of the cupboard. The grind of the machine. Her humming something under her breath, off-key and unbothered, the way she always did on mornings when she was in a good mood and had nowhere to be before noon. I stopped on the last step. For a second I just stood there, listening, letting the sound settle over the sharp edges of what I was still carrying from yesterday. She doesn’t know. That was the thought that followed me down the rest of the stairs and into the kitchen doorway. It wasn’t relief. It wasn’t guilt yet, either. It was something quieter and harder to name. Something that came from watching Chloe turn around with two mugs in her hands and a grin on her face like the world was exactly the size she expected it to be. “You’re alive,” she said. “Barely.” She set one of the mugs on the counter in front of me without being asked. “I made it strong,” she said.
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I shouldn't have stayed.That was the first clear thought that came to me, and it came too late to matter.I had already stepped inside. The door had already closed behind me. Whatever excuse I had told myself on the way here no longer held up against the reality of being alone with him again, in a space that made everything between us feel closer than it should.He looked up when I entered, his attention settling on me immediately, like it always did now. There was no surprise in it, no question, just recognition."You didn't have to come," Damian said."I know."That was all I gave him.It should have been enough to keep things simple. I could have taken what Chloe needed, said something neutral, and left before anything shifted.Instead, I stood there longer than necessary, my hand still resting lightly against the back of the chair beside me, as if I needed something to anchor myself.He noticed.Of course he did."You're thinking again," he said.I let out a small breath. "That's
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I woke up before he did, or maybe I had never fully fallen asleep.It was hard to tell.Everything felt too present, too close, too aware. The warmth of him was still there, his arm resting around me, his body pressed against mine in a way that no longer felt unfamiliar. At some point, I had shifted closer in my sleep, or maybe I had never moved away at all.Either way, there was no space left between us.I lay still for a moment, listening to the steady rhythm of his breathing, letting myself exist inside that quiet without moving too quickly and breaking it.This had become a pattern.Not routine, not something I could name easily, but something that was happening often enough to feel... expected.That thought alone should have unsettled me more than it did.Instead, what unsettled me was how natural it felt to stay.I adjusted slightly, just enough to rest more comfortably against him, and his arm tightened almost instinctively in response, pulling me closer without fully waking. T
Ruined by My Best Friend’s Father Chapter 26 — Late Night Call
By the time I got home, the quiet felt heavier than usual.The kind of silence that leaves too much space for thoughts you would rather not sit with.I dropped my bag on the chair and stood there for a second longer than necessary, still in my heels, still in the same dress, as if moving too quickly would force everything from the night to settle into something real.It already had and that was the problem.I exhaled slowly and pushed my hair back, walking toward the kitchen without thinking. I poured a glass of water, took a sip, then set it down untouched.My reflection in the dark window caught my attention for a second.I looked normal. Composed. Like nothing had shifted, like nothing had changed. But something had, and I could feel it in the way my thoughts kept circling back to the same moments.The dinner. Chloe. Family. The way that word had landed.Then tonight. The way Daniel had leaned in, confid
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I should have said no to the event.That thought had followed me from the moment Chloe mentioned it three days earlier, through the dress she insisted I borrow, through the message she sent that morning reminding me not to wear black because, in her words, I always wore black when I was trying not to be perceived. By the time I was standing inside the crowded ballroom with a drink I did not want in my hand, I knew my first instinct had been the right one.It wasn't that the event was bad. It was polished, expensive, and full of exactly the kind of people who knew how to make money look effortless. A charity auction, technically, but nobody here was pretending it was only about charity. It was about visibility, connection, influence, and the kind of conversations that started with donations and ended with business.Chloe was thriving.Of course she was.She moved through the room with the ease of someone who had grown up around these
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The next morning, I woke up before my alarm and stayed still for a full minute, staring at the ceiling above me as if that would somehow make the weight in my chest easier to name.I pushed the blanket aside and sat up slowly. My body still felt too aware, as if sleep had rested my mind more than anything else. For a few seconds, I let my feet remain on the floor without moving. Then I stood, got dressed, and forced myself into the routine of the morning because routine was easier than thought.By the time Chloe called, I was already halfway through my coffee."Are you alive?" she asked the second I picked up."Barely.""Good. Then come save me. I've decided exam stress is a disease."Despite myself, I smiled. "That sounds serious.""It is. I'm suffering."I could hear movement on her end, the rustle of papers, the quick distracted energy that always came over her when she was overwhelmed but pretending she
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He just said: "You're not jealous. I hear you."The words hung between them, not like weapons but like bridges. Eva remained still in his arms, the warmth of his body seeping through the thin fabric of her dress. She didn't pull away. He didn't release her. The silence tha
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The message came at 8:17.No greeting. No explanation.Just an address and one sentence.Come if you want to talk.I stared at the screen for a long moment without moving.It was a hotel in the financial district. Not one of the loud, flashy ones
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By the time I got to the office, I had already told myself three different versions of the same lie.You're fine.It was one night.You can act normal.The problem was that none of those things felt entirely true.I sat at my desk, opened my laptop, and stared at the spreadsheet in front of me for
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By the time Chloe's brain finally gave up, the table looked worse than it had an hour earlier.Books were spread open in different directions, loose papers stacked over each other, and three pens had somehow rolled all the way to Damian's side of the living room without either of us noticing.Chloe
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