The next morning didn’t feel like morning at all.It felt like something unfinished.Something hanging in the air—thick, heavy, unresolved.Daniel barely slept.Again.But this time, it wasn’t just Eva’s disappearance haunting him.It was everything.The message.The betrayal.Lydia.And the way his own mind seemed to be splitting between guilt and something far more dangerous.Beside him, Lydia stirred.Slowly.The soft rustle of sheets broke the silence.She opened her eyes, blinking against the dim light filtering through the curtains.And then, reality hit.Hard.She wasn’t in her room.She wasn’t alone.She was in Daniel’s bed.Wearing nothing but his shirt.Her breath caught.For a moment, she didn’t move.Didn’t even breathe fully.Because everything from yesterday came rushing back all at once.The kiss.The confession.The line they had crossed—willingly this time.Not accidental.Not a mistake.A choice.Her chest tightened painfully.She turned her head slightly.Daniel was
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