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Chapter 215: The Confession

Autor: Emel Emerald
last update Última actualización: 2025-10-02 23:18:48

The day dragged on, the storm battering the city like a fist Finally, when the office had cleared, deafening crashes rumbled far out along the sweep of the horizon, rain hitting higher windows of the publishing house.

Leya sat at the back of the desk, fingers dashing across the finished manuscript. Belly was rigid and unyielding under loose clothing, curved rigidity, promise of an unborn child. Sometimes, when the baby stirred, she'd lay her hand there and softly coo — sounds that no one ever heard.

Silence was comfort, and she was tired.

Until stealthy feet shattered the silence.

---

"Still writing?"

She looked up to find James standing in the doorway of her office, coat thrown over the hump of one shoulder, tie loose. Stormlight darkened and churned around him, his face closed.

"Oh," she panted. "Just going over these notes."

He simply stood there for a second, looking at her, his eyes going through her straight shoulders, the curve of outlay of her hands on the page. He came over t
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