I stood up, leaning on the nearest chair, but I couldn’t take a step out of that room. The plates on the table were already cold, the wine glasses tipped over, staining the pure white with that vivid red.“Miss Reed,” Maurice’s voice sounded distant to my ears. I turned to see him standing to the side, his eyes averted from where I was. “The boss requested you go to the study to change his bandages.”“Understood,” my response was nothing more than a reflex.Strangely, I didn’t feel embarrassed about being caught with my clothes disheveled, where it was clear something more intimate had happened between Cassian and me. In fact, I didn’t feel anything. I fixed my clothes, tied my hair back, and left the dining room, walking with a rigid posture.The clicking of my heels on the floor echoed as I approached Cassian’s study. I knocked on the door, waiting for a response that never came. I was expecting my heart to race, my legs to tremble, but I felt nothing. I placed my hand on the doorkn
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