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Breaking Point

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The room was suffocatingly silent, save for the sound of Sky's rapid breathing. She looked up at Robert, her heart pounding so loudly she thought it might echo in the space between them.

A bead of sweat formed at her temple and trickled down the side of her face, a physical manifestation of the turmoil inside her. This wasn’t how she wanted him to find out—not in the middle of their most intimate moment, not like this, with the name of another man slipping from her lips.

Her thoughts scrambled, searching desperately for a way to spin the truth, to say something—anything—that could salvage this moment.

But her mind was a blank canvas, painted only with guilt and fear. How could she tell the man she was set to marry that, even while they were together, Xavier had invaded her thoughts? That she’d pictured Xavier’s face in the place of Robert’s?

Robert's voice cut through the silence, sharp and cold. “Go on, Sky. Who the fuck is Xavier? I’m listening.”

He folded his arms tightl
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    His eyes, hooded and unreadable, were pinned on her like she was something to be studied, dissected, and devoured all at once. Sky could feel it-his gaze-a slow caress over her skin, setting off a shiver that had nothing to do with the cold.She tilted her head back, gripping the stem of her wine glass a little tighter than necessary, as if it was the only thing tethering her to reality. "How did you meet my brother?"Such a simple inquiry. Innocent, even. But it wasn't.Her lips parted slightly, her breath coming in shallow waves as she stared at the words scrawled in the chest. It should have been easy to answer, but the truth held too many jagged edges. She wasn't ready to open up. Not to Elijah. Not to a man she barely knew-a man she had literally spewed her drink on hours ago.But there was something about him. Something that pulled at her in a way she couldn't quite name.Her throat bobbed as she swallowed, her fingers tracing the rim of her glass.Elijah, meanwhile, had not st

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