Lucas.His name flared in her mind like a ghost she’d worked so hard to forget.His face was exactly how she remembered it, too composed, too confident, too familiar in all the wrong ways.That slight smirk that once made her weak now only unsettled her.He looked like he didn’t have a single regret in the world.“Vera,” he said, voice low, controlled, as if they were still close. As if no time had passed.She didn’t say anything.She couldn’t.Her fingers tightened on the edge of the door, her body unmoving as her heart kicked hard against her ribs.Behind her, Asher stepped into view.And just like that… the past and the present collided.Vera’s mouth parted slightly, but still, nothing came out.Lucas hadn’t come to cause trouble.At least, that’s what he told himself when he stood outside Vera’s apartment, rehearsing the words he thought might bring her back.He would say her name. Say he missed her. That it had all been a mistake. That Camilla was never the one. That he had only
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