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EMILY GRAYSON'S The next morning, I woke slowly. Not because of an alarm, but the sunlight—warm sunlight spilling through the bedroom windows. For a moment, I lay there blinking at the ceiling, confused. Then I remembered: my birthday, the party, Santorini. A smile immediately pulled at my lips until I reached across the bed. Empty. I frowned; the other side was cold. Of course, Alex was already awake. I sat up, stretching before glancing at the clock. Ten thirty. That alone was enough to shock me; I never slept this late. A folded note resting on the pillow beside me caught my attention. Immediately suspicious, I picked it up. The moment I recognized Alex's handwriting, I smiled. “Good morning, love. Before you accuse me of abandoning you, I'm downstairs handling something for thirty minutes. I made breakfast. It's waiting for you. Eat. That wasn't a suggestion. —Alex”I laughed. Of course, he had left instructions. The man genuinely believed I needed supervision twenty-four hours
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EMILY GRAYSON'S For a long moment after the kiss ended, neither of us spoke. We simply stood there together beneath the glow of candlelight, our foreheads resting against each other while the fountain whispered softly nearby. The world felt distant. Small. Like everything beyond this moment had stopped existing. Alex's hand remained against my face, his thumb brushing lightly across my cheek. His gaze never left mine. It almost made me shy. "What?" I asked softly. A faint smile touched his lips. "Nothing." I narrowed my eyes. "You're staring." "I know." "Why?" His expression softened. "Because you're beautiful." I groaned immediately. "Oh, absolutely not." A quiet laugh escaped him. "Not this again." "You say things like that with a straight face." "Because they're true." I rolled my eyes. "See? That's exactly what I'm talking about." Alex looked entirely unbothered. "I could list more reasons." "Please don't," I said quickly. "I wasn't asking permissi
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EMILY GRAYSON'S For a while, neither of us moved. Alex's arms stayed wrapped around me while the distant sounds of music drifted through the night air behind us. The mansion glowed warmly against the darkness, its lights spilling across the gardens like something out of a dream. And standing there in his arms, I didn't want the night to end. His fingers moved absentmindedly along my waist, slow and possessive beneath the thin fabric of my dress. Comforting. Protective. Mine. I closed my eyes briefly, breathing him in. "You're thinking too hard again," Alex murmured above me. I smiled faintly against his chest. "You know me too well." "I make it my business too." The quiet certainty in his voice warmed something deep inside me. I tilted my head back slightly to look at him. "You always say things like that so casually." A small smirk touched his lips. "Because they're true." God. I genuinely didn't know how one man could be this intense all the time
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EMILY GRAYSON'S Night slowly settled over the estate, wrapping the mansion in soft golden light and distant music.Most of the guests had drifted inside by then, but the warmth of the celebration still lingered everywhere. Empty glasses rested across the tables, and candles flickered gently in the evening breeze. Somewhere inside the mansion, Lexi was still laughing loudly about something Raphael is saying.But out in the garden, everything felt quieter now. Softer. More intimate.I stood near the edge of the balcony outside our room, overlooking the estate grounds below, my fingers lightly tracing the diamond bracelet around my wrist.Alex's mother's bracelet.Even now, I still couldn't fully believe he had given it to me. The sound of footsteps behind me was enough to make warmth bloom instantly in my chest. I smiled before even turning around."You disappear a lot for someone hosting a party," Alex murmured softly behind me.I glanced over my shoulder."And you follow me around a
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EMILY GRAYSON'S The celebration lasted well into the afternoon.Music drifted softly through the garden while laughter echoed around the estate in a way I had never heard before. For once, the mansion didn’t feel like a fortress built for war. It felt alive.Warm.Safe.And Alex stayed beside me through all of it. Always close enough for his hand to brush against my lower back.Always watching me with that same intense gaze that still made my heart stumble every single time.By the time the cake had been cut and half the gifts were already scattered across the table, I was completely overwhelmed.“Okay,” I laughed breathlessly as Lexi handed me another wrapped box. “How many gifts did you people buy?”“Not enough,” Raphael answered immediately while stealing another strawberry from the dessert table.Sergio snorted loudly. “You say that like you paid for any of them.”Raphael pointed shamelessly toward Alex.“The billionaire over there was funding my generosity.” Alex didn’t even bo
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EMILY GRAYSON'S I woke up the next morning still wrapped in warmth and the fading comfort of sleep. For a few quiet seconds, I stayed beneath the sheets with my eyes half-closed while soft sunlight slipped through the curtains, painting golden lines across the room. Then reality settled in. Today is my birthday. A small smile touched my lips instinctively as I turned toward Alex’s side of the bed, only to find it empty. Cold. The smile faded almost immediately. I pushed myself up slowly, glancing around the room. “Alex?” No answer. The quietness felt strange. Usually, even when he woke before me, I could still feel his presence somewhere nearby: in the bathroom, on a phone call from his office, footsteps outside the bedroom, his voice downstairs giving orders. But this morning, nothing. A strange sadness settled quietly in my chest. I hated how quickly disappointment could ruin something, especially when I knew Alex had been carrying the weight of the world lately. Still…A part of m
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