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Chapter 64 : Between Exhaustion and Control
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2026-05-15 18:45:00Emma and Rowan didn’t remember when exhaustion finally stopped feeling temporary.
It didn’t arrive like collapse. It arrived like silence. Somewhere between half-finished reports, glowing city lights, and the hum of an office that never truly slept, Emma had fallen asleep on the couch in Rowan’s private workspace. Not intentionally. Just because her body finally refused to keep fighting. Rowan hadn
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