A whole week had passed. The city outside was quiet, wrapped in midnight’s velvet hush, but inside Lucian’s penthouse the air burned with a different kind of silence and thick, charged, heavy with unspoken need.Isla had just finished reading Aaric, a bedtime story. The little boy was fast asleep, clutching his toy car to his chest, his soft breaths like the sweetest lullaby. Isla bent, kissed his forehead, then gently pulled the blanket higher. When she turned around, Lucian was already leaning on the doorframe, watching her.That look hungry, reverent, almost feral, made her heart trip against her ribs.“You keep doing that,” he murmured, voice low and velvety.“Doing what?” she whispered, stepping out and carefully closing the door behind her.“Making me fall harder. Every second. Every breath you take.” His words were raw, unfiltered, stripped of the icy shields he once wore.Her cheeks warmed, but she didn’t look away. “Lucian…”He was on her before she could say another word, hi
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