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Chapter 170: The Confession

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The penthouse was quiet, suspended in the amber light of a New York sunset. Ethan was at a sleepover—his first one, with a school friend—leaving the apartment feeling both spacious and strangely empty.

Liam stood at the kitchen island, chopping vegetables with a precision that bordered on aggressive. He wasn't cooking because he was hungry; he was cooking because he was nervous.

The ring was in his pocket.

The custom, kite-shaped diamond he had commissioned. It burned against his hip like a bra
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