POV Anaise I’m pacing this balcony like a caged fucking tiger, arms crossed so tight I might crack my own ribs, when Alexander follows me out here looking like a storm that’s barely held together by sheer willpower, expensive tailoring, and whatever’s left of his legendary self-control.My heart’s doing this insane drumbeat thing against my chest—part panic, part rage, part something I don’t want to name because naming it makes this whole clusterfuck even more complicated than it already is. The kind of complicated that involves feelings I’ve been shoving down for five years while pretending I didn’t notice the way he looked at me during board meetings.The night air should be cooling me down, but instead I feel like I’m about to spontaneously combust right here on Le Vieux Château’s pretentious balcony, leaving nothing but a pile of designer dress ash and unresolved sexual tension.“You’re Isabella Martinez?” His voice comes out hoarse
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