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Wedcuffed Chapter 174
Adrian POV"It was a huge mistake," she snaps, but there’s something else in her tone something fragile, something uncertain. Her arms are crossed tightly over her chest, her fingers gripping at the fabric of her sleeves like she’s trying to hold herself together. "Alessandro is... he’s hurt. He thinks this was more than just a moment of weakness."I press my lips together, letting the silence stretch just long enough to give the impression that I’m carefully considering my words. In reality, I already know what I want to say. I have to be subtle and careful, letting the words sink in without making it obvious that I’m trying to plant a seed. Finally, in a quiet, measured voice, I say, "Maybe he doesn’t trust you as much as you thought."The reaction is immediate. Her eyes snap up to meet mine, fire flashing through them. Her posture stiffened, a flicker of defiance crossing her face. "Don't do that, Adrian. Don’t twist this into something it’s not."I raise my hands in a placating ge
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Alessandro POVThe silence in the room is suffocating, pressing down on me with an unbearable weight. Sarah’s voice still lingers in the air, her desperate plea etched into the space between us. But her words don’t reach me. Not yet. My mind is a storm, thrashing against the walls of my thoughts, replaying the scene I walked in on—Sarah and Adrian, caught in a moment that felt like betrayal, a moment that cuts deeper than any argument, any misunderstanding we’ve ever had before.My hands curl into fists as I stand by the window, trying to steady my breathing. The cold night air seeps through the narrow crack in the glass, chilling my skin and serving as a cruel reminder of how distant and alien this entire situation has become. The warmth, the certainty I once held about our future, seems to have drained from my life, leaving only this cold void inside me. Trust is a fragile thing, and once it’s broken, it’s nearly impossible to piece back together the same way.I close my eyes, willi
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Alessandro POV“No, it’s not like that,” she says quickly, shaking her head. “You’re the one I want, Alessandro. You’re the one I care about.”“Then why?” The question leaves my lips before I can stop it. My voice is raw, exposed. “Why did you let him kiss you? Why did you let it get that far?”She looks away, her shoulders shaking. “I don’t know,” she admits, and I can hear the self-loathing in her tone. “It wasn’t right, and I regret it more than you can imagine.”I step back, putting more space between us as if that distance will somehow lessen the pain clawing at my insides. “Maybe I was wrong,” I murmur, almost to myself. “Maybe I was fooling myself into thinking we could build something real.”Sarah’s breath catches, and I see the fear in her eyes. “No,” she says firmly, taking another step forward, her voice breaking. “Don’t say that. We can work through this. We’ve come so far, Alessandro. Please don’t let one mistake ruin everything.”Her desperation tugs at something deep wi
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Alessandro POVA bitter laugh escapes me, raw and sharp, cutting through the thick tension in the air. “A mistake?” I echo, the words tasting like ash on my tongue. “That’s convenient.”Adrian exhales sharply, rubbing a hand over his face. For the first time, he looks weary, as if the weight of everything is finally pressing down on him. “I didn’t mean for any of this to happen,” he says, his voice low. “I’ve been trying to be there for Sarah and Gabriel, but I didn’t think… I didn’t realize how much damage this would cause.”I narrow my eyes, jaw tightening. “You knew exactly what you were doing.” My voice is steady, but the anger simmering beneath it is unmistakable.For a moment, he doesn’t respond. Then, instead of denying it, he nods, his expression heavy with something close to regret. “Maybe I did,” he admits. “And maybe I deserve your anger. But I just wanted you to know—I’m stepping back. I don’t want to be the reason you two fall apart.”His words hang between us, the weight
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Sarah POVThe morning light filters through the curtains, casting a soft, pale glow over the bedroom and bathing everything in a golden hue. The silence in the room is deafening, save for the rhythmic ticking of the clock on the nightstand. I sit on the edge of the bed, my fingers clutching the crumpled edge of the sheets as if grounding myself to reality. My head throbs slightly, a dull reminder of the previous night's turmoil. The weight of my emotions sits heavily on my chest, making each breath feel like an effort. My eyes are swollen from the tears I cried myself to sleep with, my mind still tangled in the whirlwind of regret and determination that has kept me restless all night.I blink away the lingering traces of exhaustion, but the ache in my heart remains. Everything feels fragile, as if my relationship with Alessandro is hanging by a single thread, ready to snap at any moment. I can't let that happen. I won't. Not after everything we've been through, not after how much we'v
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Sarah POVHe looks effortlessly composed, as if the chaos of last night never touched him. His dark eyes flicker up when I enter, but they give away nothing. There is no warmth, no lingering affection only an unreadable mask that sends another sharp pang through my chest.I clear my throat, willing my voice to be steady. “Good morning.”His response is immediate but clipped. “Morning.”The tone is polite but distant, void of the softness that once colored our mornings together. The way he avoids looking directly at me stings more than I want to admit. I hesitate, gripping the back of a chair to steady myself before forcing a small smile. I won’t let his distance discourage me. I have to keep trying.“I was thinking,” I begin carefully, taking a slow step forward. “Maybe we could spend the day together? Just the two of us.”His jaw tightened slightly, his fingers tapping against the ceramic mug. I don’t miss the hesitation in his posture.“We could go for a walk,” I continue, my voice
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Sarah POVHis words cut through the fragile hope I had been clinging to like a knife. "Not today." The finality of his response echoes in my mind, reverberating with the cold reality that maybe I'm not going to fix this as quickly as I had hoped. The ache in my chest deepens, a dull, persistent pain that refuses to fade. I nod, swallowing back the lump forming in my throat, forcing myself to accept that this won’t be easy, that his distance is not something I can bridge with a single conversation."Okay," I whisper, stepping back, giving him the space he needs. I can’t push him, not now. I’ve already done enough damage. "But whenever you’re ready... I’m here."He acknowledges my words with a small nod but says nothing more. Instead, he turns his attention back to his coffee, as if our interaction never happened. The silence between us is thick and heavy, pressing down on me like a suffocating weight. I feel like a ghost in my own home, haunting the edges of his life, present yet unsee
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Sarah POVBy mid-morning, I find myself in the kitchen, my hands moving on autopilot as I gather ingredients. I decide to bake his favorite—lemon cake. It’s been a long time since I made it, but I know it’s one of the few things that Alessandro genuinely loves. A rare indulgence. I remember the nights we would sit together, sharing slices of cake, talking about everything and nothing, our fingers brushing as we reached for the same fork. I want to bring back even a fraction of that warmth, that closeness. Maybe this small gesture can remind him of what we once had.As I mix the batter, memories flood my mind: his laughter as I smudged flour on my nose, the way he would close his eyes in bliss at the first bite, the way he used to steal pieces when he thought I wasn’t looking. A sad smile tugs at my lips. Those moments feel like a lifetime ago, like they belonged to different people. But I want them back. I want us back.The aroma of lemon and sugar fills the air as the cake bakes, wrap
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Sarah’s POVTwo months.That’s how long it had been since I last saw Alessandro.Since he walked out of our home, our life, without a proper explanation leaving me clutching my heart and wondering what went wrong.Since then, I’d buried myself in work, in routines, in the safety of the walls I built around myself.Adrian had been there, yes. Always helpful, always present, always offering a shoulder I hadn’t asked for but somehow leaned on more and more.But despite the growing closeness with Adrian, despite the way he had quietly inserted himself into my daily life, there was still a part of me that stayed stuck in the past.In Alessandro.Which was why, when the long-planned collaboration between our companies finally came up a joint project we’d negotiated months ago, back when we were still us I couldn’t help the tight twist of anticipation in my chest.I was going to see him again.Face to face.And maybe, just maybe, there would be something beyond business. Some small signal th
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Sarah's POVI don't know when it became normal Adrian being here, taking up the spaces Alessandro used to leave behind.Initially, it had been uncomfortable. Unwelcome, even.I reminded myself that I didn't need assistance, that I could manage everything, that allowing Adrian in would just make things complicated. But eventually, he wore me down.Not with pressure, not with guilt. With kindness.A new coffee mug sat on the counter as I walked into the kitchen at six in the morning, my eyes heavy and my hair messy from yet another night without sleep.When I forgot to change the diapers, he silently delivered a package.When Gabriel got irritable at 2 a.m., and I hadn't even noticed Adrian was still around, I found him slowly walking with my child in his arms, singing softly under his breath.He never made me owe him. Never asked for anything.It was… easy.And I resented the fact that I required easy at the moment.Tonight, after Gabriel had curled up into his cot, I went back downst
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Alessandro’s POVThe silence had been deafening.I’d thought to call her. To reach out. A thousand texts drafted and deleted, but I couldn’t bring myself to send them. What could I possibly say? It had been days since I walked out of the door, since I left Sarah standing in the flickering candlelight, her face ashen with confusion and heartbreak."I believe we should take a break."Those words were like a curse now. They haunted me in every waking moment. In every passing second, I replayed that night in my mind: Sarah, looking at me as if I’d just shattered the world we had built. My world.Our world.But I hadn’t been honest with her. Not about the reason. Not about what I was really facing.The night I left was the night Mira showed up at my door. Her presence had been a surprise, unexpected, but when she explained what had happened between us in the past, everything clicked. Her charges were nothing short of dynamite, threatening to disclose something that may destroy everything I
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Sarah’s POVThe days began to blur again, not in the same dull ache that followed Alessandro’s departure, but in the quiet, strange rhythm of something new, unfamiliar. Or perhaps something I’d tried to avoid naming.Adrian was around more often now. Not in a way that felt suffocating, not overt or insistent. Just there. Like a lamp quietly turned on in the corner of a dim room, steady, unremarkable at first, but always present, always warming some small patch of your shadow.He had started picking up on our routines, filling in the silences Alessandro had left behind. Gabriel laughed more when he was around. That squealing, hiccup-laced giggle spilt from his tiny chest when Adrian made ridiculous faces or sang off-key versions of nursery rhymes.I watched them one afternoon. Adrian gently bounced him on one knee while Gabriel reached for his nose with sticky hands.“You’re a menace,” Adrian chuckled, catching his hands midair and kissing his forehead. “Tiny, adorable menace.”I smile
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Adrian’s POVIt was all starting to fall into place.I could see it every hesitant smile Sarah offered, every time her shoulders relaxed just a little when I walked into the room. The way Gabriel cooed when he saw me, his tiny arms stretching out like he knew exactly where he wanted to be. He was still calling Alessandro “Da-da,” but even that was fading. Soon, that name would mean nothing to him. Soon, he’d forget the man who walked away.And then, it would be me. Just me.I hadn’t needed to lift a finger to break them apart. Alessandro did that all on his own. All I had to do was wait watch him get sloppy, arrogant, careless. And Mira? She was the perfect tool. A beautiful, broken mess with just enough resentment left in her to be useful.He thought he could run with her, escape the mess, and start fresh.But I had plans of my own.Tonight, I was meeting Mira again. Same hotel, same room. She liked the sense of secrecy—liked the way I fed her ego, told her she was “powerful,” “dange
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Sarah’s POVI didn’t sleep.Not even close.I sat curled up on the couch for hours, the meal Marta had purchased crumpled beside me like an abandoned dream.Every sound outside—the wind striking the windows, a distant siren, the quiet buzz of passing cars—made my heart race with eagerness.I kept thinking I’d imagined it. Mira. The way he left. The way my name never seemed to matter in that moment.I had tried not to check the time.But by 2:57 a.m., it was impossible not to notice the cold space beside me on the couch.I hadn’t moved from that spot. Didn’t bother to change. Then I heard the sound.The front door creaked open with the quiet care of someone attempting not to be heard. Footsteps followed, slow and deliberate, as if he were entering a chamber full of ghosts.I stood up before I even thought about it.And there he was.Alessandro.He looked exhausted eyes hollow, jaw tight, the jacket he’d rushed out in now draped over one shoulder. The top two buttons of his shirt were
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Sarah’s POV I sat in the office long after Chloe had gone, staring at the open closet, the dress I’d pulled out earlier still hanging limply from the hook.I hated that she got to me. I hated that her words had slithered into my thoughts, muddying everything Alessandro and I had built.But I hated even more how uncertain I felt. How easily the doubt crept in, no matter how hard I tried to shove it away.Still, Alessandro’s message echoed louder than Chloe’s venom.“No expectations. Just you, me, and a little honesty.”Honesty. That was what I wanted more than anything else. If there was truth left between us, I wanted to see it in his eyes, not through whispered accusations or cryptic proofs.I got up to return home, I quickly packed up my things and called the driver. The driver pulled up outside our building just as the streetlights began to glow amber in the dusk. My fingers fidgeted in my lap. I imagined him lighting the candles, smoothing his hair, maybe even practising what he
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Sarah POVI gazed at my reflection in the mirror, wrapped in my robe, with Alessandro's text shining like a ray of hope in my hand."I understand we've had a rough patch. But if you can spare one night, I'd like to attempt to fix things.No expectations. Just you, me, and a little honesty. I’ll be waiting.”My heart ached. The sincerity in those words hit something raw inside me. I missed him, missed us. Missed the warmth of our mornings, the soft laughter that once filled our home. But pain changes things. Doubt makes strangers of the people you love most.Just then, there was a knock.“Come in,” I called, not looking up.I recognised the perfume before the door fully opened. Chanel No. 5. Chloe's signature. Of course.She stepped inside like a queen visiting a kingdom she meant to burn down.Silk robe fastened with precision, wine glass clutched like a villain in a sad drama. She always loved to put on a show."Going out tonight?" she inquired, her eyes sparkling as they darted to th
