Alina froze, her pulse pounding in her ears. The figure standing at the edge of the garden wasn’t just someone familiar. It was Nolan Chase, her ex.Her stomach twisted. Memories she had tried to bury—broken promises, whispered lies, heartbreak—rushed back like a tidal wave.“Nolan,” she breathed, her voice a mix of shock and anger. “What are you doing here?”He smiled, slow and calculated, and that smile made her skin crawl. “I could ask the same about you,” he said smoothly, his eyes flicking toward Rhett. “And him.”Rhett stepped forward, his posture tense, protective. “Step back,” he said, voice low and dangerous. The air around him seemed to shift, almost imperceptibly, like a storm about to break.Alina felt a jolt of fear—and something else. The way Rhett positioned himself between her and Nolan, the way he radiated strength… it made her pulse quicken.Nolan ignored him, grinning like he owned the world. “So this is the infamous Rhett Blackwood I’ve been hearing about?” He circ
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