Aaron’s POVI sat in my office, drowning in guilt.The irony wasn't lost on me: all those years building a stronghold of discipline, of control, and I couldn't even control my mind anymore. My thoughts were a swarm, a restive, looping noise that began and ended with Ethan.But it wasn’t just the kiss - it was everything after it.Because now, there really needed to be a wedding.Not just for show, not just a press announcement to quiet the rumors he had stirred-but an entire, breathing, visible event. The world would have to see me, Aaron Warner, stand beside Ethan Wright and say vows neither of us meant.Only, one of us didn't know that yet.Ethan still thought this marriage, however unconventional, was real enough to hold meaning. That it was born from something sincere, something blossoming out of tension and possibility. But the truth was uglier, crueller, necessary. He didn't know this was a message for Benson — a final warning disguised as love.And that realization made my ches
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