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Chapter Eleven: Breakfast With a Stranger

Author: Nenye Mark
last update Last Updated: 2025-11-26 00:32:03

Morning arrived quietly, too quietly.

The storm had broken sometime before dawn, leaving the city's sky a pale, washed-out gray. Hale Tower glowed under it like a glass blade, cold and precise against the softer light. But inside the penthouse, the air still carried the tension of the night before. Uneasy. Expectant. Bruised.

Lila moved down the hallway carefully, her bare feet silent on the marble. Eli sat at her hip, still half-asleep, cheek pressed to her shoulder. The early light caught in his curls, giving him a slight halo of gold, but nothing felt angelic this morning.

Something inside the penthouse had changed.

Security stood in double positions along the corridor, shoulders stiff, weapons holstered but visible. They nodded as she passed, their expressions carved with the sharp lines of men who hadn’t slept.

Near the kitchen, she paused.

Dominic was already awake.

He stood alone by the floor-to-ceiling windows, a mug of black coffee cooling in his hands. His suit jacket hung o
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