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Chapter 15

作者: Saskay
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LOUIS

The weight of the tray still shook slightly in my hands, even after I'd left the VIP hall. My heart thudded against my ribcage like a trapped bird.

Snap out of it, Louis, I scolded myself, slinking back into the service corridor.

But how could I?

The way he touched me, held me. Like I wasn't some fragile thing that would shatter at the slightest contact.

Elias.

I shouldn't even have know his name, but the time he told me in that small private hospital room, I couldn't unhear it. Couldn't help but feel the way it twisted inside my chest and made everything tight.

Elias.

He spoke it like it didn’t matter. Like he didn't need to hide.

Who was he?

No regular man could command the fear and reverence that he seemed to demand just by stepping into a room.

And no ordinary man looked at me the way he did—like he had to protect me and…

Let me not go there.

I set the tray down and pressed my palms to my eyes, trying to push the panic away.

This was not supposed to happen. I was supposed to
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