Semua Bab On Thin Ice: A Forbidden Step Siblings Affair: Bab 191 - Bab 193

ValentinaTwo Weeks LaterThere's a knock on the door.My apartment is a mess—boxes half-packed because I'm still not sure if I'm staying in the city or leaving. My family finally moved out after the police recommended it for their own safety. The scandal has died down somewhat, but my life still feels like it's in pieces.I open the door.Jace stands there, and he looks... different. Lighter somehow. The weight he's been carrying for three years seems less heavy. His eyes are clearer. "Hi," he says softly."Hi." I step aside. "Come in."He enters, taking in the chaos. "Are you moving?""I don't know yet. Maybe. Depends on—" I stop myself. "Depends on a lot of things."We stand there awkwardly for a moment. So much has happened. Maria and Tristan arrested. The company in crisis. The board investigations. HR meetings. Legal proceedings.And through it all, we've barely spoken. Just professional exchanges. Necessary communications.Nothing real."I went to see him," Jace says suddenly.

Hey, my Rubies 🥺💞Okay… so this is it.Like, actually it.No "see you next chapter." No cliffhanger. No surprise POV sneaking in later. No "chapter ends here 😩" typed out at 2am with my heart still racing from writing it.I finished this story… and I genuinely don't know how to let go 😭I keep opening the document just to stare at it. Just to reread lines I've already read a hundred times. Because as long as I'm still looking at it, it still feels a little bit unfinished, a little bit mine to keep adding to. But it's not anymore. It's done. It's yours now, however you carry it.Thank you. Truly. From the bottom of my heart — for staying. For reading. For coming back chapter after chapter even when I left you on the most evil cliffhangers imaginable 😭 You didn't just read this story — you lived it with me. You screamed with me in the comments. You theorized. You got mad at characters like they were real people who owed you an explanation. You cried at things I cried writing. That'