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Chapter Seven

Author: lady.serene
last update Last Updated: 2025-07-28 20:51:18

Celeste

The warmth of his blazer still clung to my skin.

I stood frozen in the hallway just outside the cafeteria, the soft murmur of conversations slowly dying down behind me as the crowd dispersed. No one dared to approach me, but they didn’t have to. I could feel their eyes—their judgment, their curiosity—pressing into my back like invisible needles. Their silence said everything.

But I didn’t care.

Not about Violet’s performance.

Not about Adrian’s unexpected return.

Not even about the questions circling my name like vultures.

All I could think about was him.

Sebastian Williams.

The weight of his voice when he told me to go upstairs. The sharp edge of control in his posture as he shielded me from Violet’s tirade. The way he had slipped off his blazer and placed it over my shoulders like I was something fragile. Like I mattered.

Like I wasn’t just a secretary he barely knew.

I pressed my fingers into the thick wool now draped over me, grounding myself with the lingering scent of hi
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