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Chapter 24

Author: Maya Adams
last update Last Updated: 2025-10-20 23:57:22

Lilith’s POV

I Did not mean for it to happen but one careless turn, one breath too close, and suddenly his lips were on mine.

It was an accident. That is what I keep telling myself over and over again. But the memory did not feel like it was an accident. It felt deliberate the kind of moment that burned slow and deep, the kind you can not scrub off no matter how many times you try to convince yourself it was nothing. It isn't nothing.

The taste of his breath still lingered a hint of coffee, something darker, familiar.

I had stepped back first, pretending to laugh it off, saying something awkward and stupid like, “That was… unexpected.”

He just looked at me that intense, unreadable gaze that made me forget how to breathe for a moment.

I sat in my office, staring blankly at the presentation slides on my laptop. The numbers and words blurred together into meaningless shapes. I was supposed to be leading a negotiation that could lock in a huge partnership for the company. Instead, I was
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