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CHAPTER EIGHT

Author: Raven Sinclair
last update Last Updated: 2025-10-09 20:06:49

{Thea}

The Uber slowed to a stop in front of a house that looked like it belonged on the cover of a glossy magazine. We’d wound our way into the Marina District, with its all shimmering bay views and manicured streets. It was the kind of place where people with money who wanted to be seen lived.

Before I could talk myself out of it, I slid a hand into my purse, fished out the little mirror, and studied my face one last time. My black hair fell over my shoulders on the brand new black dress I had bought that hugged every inch of my body in a… dare I say… scandalous way. And my fiery red lipstick matched my heels

“Here’s your stop,” the driver said, glancing at me in the rearview mirror.

“Keep the change.” I forced a smile and handed him cash. The door clicked shut behind me, and cool evening air swept over my skin.

Curts’ house stared right back at me—white stucco walls, tall arched windows, black iron balconies dripping with climbing vines—it was simply magnificent. Curtis had succes
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    {Thea}Standing beside him felt like I was standing on the edge of a ledge, just about to jump off. Noah’s voice flowed over me, settling right between my ears, yet I didn't hear a single word he said. I watched his jaw flex as he spoke, the way his hands rested against the leather of his coat, the pale line at his temple where the light hit. So this was the infamous Noah Blackwood, Curtis’s uncle — a man who had walked into that room and somehow taken the very air out of it. But my mind kept looping around a different fact, one that embarrassed me so badly I wanted to hide inside my collar.He could tell my mind was elsewhere, so he held up his hand and flicked it in front of my face like he was clearing smoke. “Thea,” he said. “Yeah,” My voice came out thinner than I meant, and I was pretty sure he didn’t hear it. Then, before I could even stop myself, the words tumbled out of my mouth. “Why didn’t you tell me?”His face changed instantly, and his eyes… the calm, cold gray orbs da

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