Chapter 5 – Almost CaughtElena barely slept.Every time she closed her eyes, she saw him — the way he had looked standing there, water still clinging to his skin, completely unbothered by her presence. The way his voice had dropped when he stepped close. The way his fingers had brushed her face like it was nothing… and everything.By morning, her thoughts were a mess of defiance and something far more dangerous.She told herself it didn’t matter.She told herself she was still in control.But as she moved through the halls that day, one truth lingered quietly beneath it all:something had shifted.And there was no undoing it.The evening brought another dinner — smaller this time, more controlled, but no less intense. Elena moved between the table and the sideboard, aware of every glance, every subtle shift in the room.And of him.Lorenzo barely spoke to her, but he didn’t need to. His presence followed her like a shadow — in the way his gaze lingered when she leaned forward, in the
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