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Chapter 27: The Rule He Breaks Again

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last update publish date: 2026-03-19 06:47:34

Ava

I didn’t leave.

I should have.

He told me to. His voice was tight, controlled, barely holding the line he had drawn between us. Every instinct in that moment should have told me to walk away, to give him the distance he clearly thought he needed.

But I didn’t move.

Because something in his voice didn’t sound like authority.

It sounded like restraint.

And that changed everything.

“I’m not leaving,” I said quietly.

The words settled into the room like a challenge.

His jaw tightened immediatel
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