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CHAPTER 61

CHAPTER SIXTY ONE CHRISTINES POVThe morning after the kiss felt different in Christine’s world, though the walls of the mansion looked the same, the air smelled the same, and the silence was as heavy as always. Yet inside her, something had shifted. She woke with her chest tight, her lips remembering the weight of Adrian’s kiss, her mind replaying it like a film she couldn’t switch off.Her first instinct was escape. She couldn’t face him. Not now. Not when her body still tingled from a simple brush of his mouth against hers, not when her heart had betrayed her by leaping in his arms. She didn’t know how to face the line that they crossed last night. She could not explain her feelings yet.So she rose earlier than usual, dressing for work while it was still dark. She slipped on her pale blue blouse, black trousers, and the heels that gave her an extra inch of confidence she desperately needed this morning. Angela, who usually knocked on her door to remind her of the day’s schedule,

Last Updated : 2025-09-04

CHAPTER 62

Chapter Sixty TwoChristine’s POVIt had been two weeks.Two weeks since his lips touched mine, and my entire world tilted.I told myself I could forget it. That it was just a mistak. It was just one moment of weakness that could be locked away like some reckless secret. But the problem with secrets is that they don’t stay buried, not when they live inside your chest, hammering against your ribs every night.I had become an expert in avoiding him.I worked late hours at DreamSpace, drowning myself in board documents, expansion reports, anything to keep me away from the mansion until I knew he’d retreated to his study or his bedroom. At home, I slipped away early, closing my door before he could knock. I even started eating breakfast earlier, telling the staff to serve me before he came down.I told myself it was my strategy to keep the walls high, keep the distance wide. But in truth, it was cowardice.Because every time I thought of that kiss, I remembered the way my heart had stutte

Last Updated : 2025-09-24

CHAPTER 63

Chapter Sixty ThreeAdrian’s POVAdrian hated planes.Not the actual flying he’d long since grown used to the private jets, the endless business travel. What he hated was the way they forced silence. There was no escape, no retreat into another room. Just the person beside you and the steady hum of engines.Right now, that person was Christine.She sat by the window, chin propped on her hand, staring at clouds like they held answers. She hadn’t looked at him once since boarding. Not once. She gave polite responses to the attendant, kept her eyes on her notebook, and radiated that cool distance she’d perfected these last two weeks.Two weeks of avoidance. Two weeks of silence where there should have been fire.Adrian adjusted his tie, pretending to check a file on his tablet, though he hadn’t read a single line. All he could focus on was the tension humming between them. That kiss haunted him. The way she’d leaned into it before she caught herself, the way her lips trembled against hi

Last Updated : 2025-09-24

CHAPTER 64

Chapter sixty fourChristine’s POVChristine woke to quiet.Not the ordinary kind of quiet, but the heavy, loaded silence of a room that remembered too much.Her eyes blinked open slowly, adjusting to the dim light filtering through the curtains. For a moment, she thought she was still dreaming until she turned her head and saw him.Adrian.Lying right there beside her.Her breath caught in her throat.His chest rose and fell in slow rhythm, lips parted slightly as sleep held him still. In the calmness of his face, she saw a softness she never thought belonged to him. His dark hair had fallen across his forehead, and for a moment just one insane, reckless moment she wanted to reach out and brush it back.But then last night came flooding in.The heat. The arguing. The way the fight turned into fire. The way his hands felt on her skin. The way she let herself fall, knowing she shouldn’t.Her heart thudded wildly. She pressed her palm against her mouth to stop the gasp that tried to esc

Last Updated : 2025-09-24

CHAPTER 65

CHAPTER SIXTY FIVEAdrian’s POVThe first thing I notice when I wake is the cold.The sheets beside me are empty, the warmth gone.I open my eyes slowly, my chest heavy. For a moment, I try to convince myself that she’s just in the bathroom, that I’ll hear water running, that she’ll come back and slide under the covers. But the silence in the room tells me everything. She left. What was I even expecting? Last night was probably an accident.I sit up, staring at the space where she’d been. The memory of her still lingers her scent, faint on the pillow, the small curve of her body tucked against me hours ago.It happened.It was real.But now, she’s gone.My hand drags through my hair as the memories of last night replay, sharper with every second. Christine had been warm, alive, trembling in my arms. She’d looked at me with eyes that weren’t full of hate for once, eyes that held something else something raw.And then she’d let go.She’d let me in.I can still hear her voice whispering

Last Updated : 2025-09-24

CHAPTER 66

Chapter sixty six Christine’s POVThe next morning came too fast. I hadn’t slept much. My body felt heavy, like I had been carrying rocks in my chest all night. Every time I closed my eyes, the same images came back the heat of Adrian’s hands, the weight of his body pressed against mine, the way my breath had hitched when he whispered my name.And then the morning after.I had woken up and slipped out of the bed like a thief, afraid of what it meant if I stayed. I couldn’t even look at him. I had told myself I was only protecting my pride. But now, as sunlight spilled through the hotel curtains, I knew the truth I was terrified. Terrified of how much power he suddenly had over me. Terrified that my heart was beginning to soften when I couldn’t afford to let it. This felt so real and i wasn’t ready.By the time evening came, I was still unsettled. My head hurt, my chest felt tight. But I couldn’t stay hidden in the hotel forever. There was a banquet that night an important one that w

Last Updated : 2025-09-24

CHAPTER 67

Chapter sixty sevenAdrian’s POVAdrian hadn’t expected the message waiting for him the moment he touched down New York from Chicago.It was from his mother. Short. Direct her usual style. “Come home to see me. Alone.”He knew what that meant. His mother never wasted words when she wanted to talk about something serious. Christine had barely gone upstairs to rest after the trip when Adrian told her he had to step out for a while. He didn’t explain where. She hadn’t asked. There was still a fragile distance between them, even after Chicago, even after the way she had looked at him that night at the banquet.Now he was sitting in the small sitting room of his mother’s house, the same one he had grown up in. The smell of her garden still filled the air. The shadow of the sunlight fell across the table, and for a moment he almost felt like a boy again, nervous, waiting for her to speak.She poured him tea, her hands steady, her silver hair pinned neatly back. She smiled at him, but her

Last Updated : 2025-09-24

CHAPTER 68

Chapter sixty eightChristine’s POVChristine sat on the edge of the sofa, her fingers absently tracing the end of the fabric of her dress as she let her mind wander back to the events of the evening. Adrian had defended her, standing firm when others had questioned or undermined her. She could still hear the strength in his voice, the way his words left no room for debate, the subtle intensity in his gaze that made the world shrink around her and made her feel protected. Relief had surged through her then, almost like a physical force pressing the tension out of her body. It felt different. Felt good being protected like that.Yet now, in the quiet of their home, Christine felt a complicated knot of emotions. Was it gratitude , admiration, lingering doubt, lust or even a touch of fear all mingled together. She had always been cautious, never one to surrender trust easily, but Adrian had a way of making her question even the most deeply held reservations. Could she really believe

Last Updated : 2025-09-24

CHAPTER 69

Chapter sixty nine Christine’s POVChristine walked through the sliding glass doors of DreamSpace, taking in the quiet hum of activity that always seemed to cling to the building. The soft tapping of keyboards, the occasional laugh of a colleague, the murmur of business calls it was familiar, comforting, almost like its own rhythm that grounded her when thoughts of Adrian threatened to pull her away into uncertainty. She shook her head slightly, trying to push it aside. She had spent the morning thinking about yesterday, about the small, quiet evening and next morning they had shared after he came back from his mother’s place.That morning had been simple, calm, and yet something about it lingered. There was trust there, however tentative, and she realized she had missed seeing that side of Adrian, gentle, approachable. She smiled faintly at the thought, only to feel the familiar twinge of unease that always followed. Trust was easy to talk about, but harder to hold. One moment of do

Last Updated : 2025-09-24

CHAPTER 70

Chapter seventyChristine’s POVChristine woke to sunlight spilling through the curtains, soft and warm against her face. For a moment, she lingered in the quiet of the room, listening to the faint hum of the city outside. Her thoughts wandered immediately to yesterday, to the office incident with Adrian’s cousin, and she felt a mixture of amusement, embarrassment, and relief.The jealousy she had felt had burned so sharply she couldn’t deny it, but now, in hindsight, it seemed almost ridiculous. Yet she couldn’t deny it had revealed something important how much she cared, how deeply her emotions were entangled with Adrian. She sat up, letting the warmth of the morning seep into her bones, and smiled faintly. Trust wasn’t something she could force, she realized, but it could grow, slowly, through small steps and honest moments.The sound of Adrian moving about the bedroom caught her attention. He appeared in the doorway with a cup of coffee, hair slightly tousled, suit jacket slung ca

Last Updated : 2025-09-24

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