Dante's POV“Cassidy,” I murmured, my voice lowering again, turning husky without intention, “did he say something in class? Before you left? Something I should know?”She hesitated, her eyes dropping to our joined hands. There it was again—the guilt, twisting her features. “He brought me coffee,” she admitted, her voice barely above a whisper. I waited, my patience thin but holding. She fidgeted with her sleeve, twisting the fabric between her free fingers. “And he… said he wanted to talk after. About us.” My stomach tightened, a cold knot forming. “Talk about what, exactly?” She swallowed, her throat bobbing. “About… our dynamic. He said he cared about me. More than as a friend.” A cold, dangerous calm slid through me, icing my veins. “He confessed,” I said, the words dull and sharp at the same time, like a blade sheathed but ready. She whispered, “Yes.” Silence descended. Long. Heavy. Suffocating. The car ate up the miles toward the penthouse, but my mind raced ahea
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