Chapter 101The storm outside had been growling all evening, but it was the silence inside the Don’s mansion that pressed hardest on Selena’s chest. She had spent hours in the clinic, checking supplies, scribbling notes, anything to keep her hands busy. Yet she couldn’t ignore it—his presence lingered everywhere.She told herself she was here because of duty. She told herself she didn’t care. But when Rosa knocked on her door and murmured, “The Don requests you,” her pulse betrayed her with its sharp, eager rhythm.The study was dim when she entered. A single lamp lit the desk, and behind it, he stood—not sitting this time, but standing near the shelves, shirt open at the throat, bandage peeking. He wasn’t just a patient. He wasn’t just a man. He was fire wrapped in control.“You’re late,” he said, voice low, lazy, but his eyes glinted like steel.“I wasn’t aware I had an appointment,” she answered, folding her arms to mask the tremor in her fingers.He came closer, slow, deliberate.
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