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Chapter 44- Strip

Author: T. K
last update Last Updated: 2025-11-11 23:23:09

Nikolai hadn’t planned to come home early. But once he was done with the meeting, he grabbed the envelope Roman had just placed on his table and drove home. But when he saw the faint light under the forbidden door, he felt every muscle in his body weaken. For a long second, he just stood there, staring at it, his heart in his throat.

"She wouldn’t dare. I warned her!" he murmured, trying to convince himself. He wanted to believe it, but when he pushed the door open and saw her frozen in the middle of the room, something inside him snapped.

The blue envelope in his hand felt suddenly meaningless. The curiosity to read its content vanished and all he could see was Isabella standing in the middle of a world she was never meant to be in.

For years, he had kept that side of himself locked away, but one glance at her: her wide eyes, the way her breath trembled and the beast he’d tamed for so long stirred awake.

He should’ve chased her away from the room, turned around and locked th
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