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CHAPTER 129

Author: Nancy Grey
last update Last Updated: 2025-12-13 05:05:22

Dahlia’s POV

I wriggled, tried to push his hands away, but he was stronger and he only laughed when I hit his chest playfully.

“Please,” I begged in between giggles, “I can’t breathe!”

He finally stopped, chuckling as he pressed a kiss to my cheek. My breathing was messy and fast, my hair all over my face, but he looked at me like I was perfect. I leaned against his chest, catching my breath, feeling warm and safe in his lap as the plane carried us home. My cheek rested against his chest, listening to his heartbeat. It was steady, strong… comforting in a way I never realized I needed until him. His hand rubbed my back in slow circles, like he wanted to keep me close forever.

For a few minutes, we didn’t talk. We just sat there, breathing the same air, wrapped in the quiet hum of the jet. Outside the window, the sky was dark now, sprinkled with tiny stars like glitter. The world looked small from up here — like all my problems had been left somewhere far behind on the ground.

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