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Autumn’s fingers danced across the keyboard with single-minded focus. The proposal for the government representative had to be flawless. She had taken on the core sections herself, refusing to dump extra work on her already exhausted team. By the time she hit “save,” the office had grown quiet and her stomach was twisting with hunger. She stood, rolling her stiff shoulders, and headed toward the lobby, hoping to slip out for a quick lunch. Instead, she stopped dead in her tracks. Eric was standing at the reception desk. He looked every inch the powerful businessman he was—tall, sharply dressed, and impossible to ignore. The receptionist was staring at him with wide eyes and a slightly parted mouth, clearly starstruck. Before Autumn could retreat, Eric turned. The moment his gaze landed on her, his usual cool expression melted into a warm, breathtaking smile that made her heart stutter despite herself. “Autumn,” he said, voice low and intimate as he crossed the lobby in long strid

Autumn had just returned home; exhaustion was the only thing she felt. She wanted to take her time and go to bed—her body screamed for rest, but her stomach said otherwise.“I am so tired and hungry,” she muttered, laying on the bed to rest.Just as she was already drifting off to sleep, she was jolted back awake by constant knocking from the other side of the door.“Come in,” she called. With that permission, the door creaked open just enough to let someone pass. Eric stepped through quietly with a tray in his hand. He used the back of his foot to close the door gently before walking forward and dropping the tray on the table in the middle of the room.Autumn sat up straight at the sight of him in her bedroom. He looked so domesticated; parts of his formal attire had been shed, leaving him in only his black dress shirt with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows, showcasing the prominent veins in his forearms. His first two buttons were undone, leaving his collarbones visible. He looked

Sebastian leaned over, placing a searing kiss on Chloe’s lips. He could feel the heat of the afternoon sun, but it was nothing compared to the possessive thrill he felt whenever she was near.“Sebastian, stop that! We’re outside,” Chloe said, swatting him away playfully. She glanced nervously at the few people walking nearby, her cheeks flushed with embarrassment.“Why? Can’t I kiss the most beautiful girl here?” He leaned in again, persistent. Chloe ducked away this time, her laughter echoing through the trees.“There are people watching, Seb. I don’t need a family meeting assembled just because someone saw us,” she explained, smoothing her hair.Sebastian straightened up, a flicker of annoyance crossing his face before he masked it with a grin. “What’s the big idea? Your entire family knows we’re dating anyway.”“It’s just… I’m not used to all of this, okay?” she said, sounding exasperated.“Well, you should get used to it.” Sebastian threw a heavy arm over her shoulder, pulling her

It was another weekend, and the mansion felt cavernous and quiet. The extended family had finally packed their bags and returned to their respective homes, leaving the estate to its familiar, echoing peace.Autumn, the lady of the manor, lay tangled in her silk sheets. The adrenaline of the compliance crisis and the strange pains from the day before were fading into the fog of memory. She had dropped herself unceremoniously onto the mattress the night before, wrapping herself in the duvet like a burrito, seeking the comfort of oblivion.A knock echoed through the room, sharp and persistent.‘Knock. Knock.’She squeezed her eyes shut, trying to force her brain back into sleep, but the intruder was relentless. With a groan of pure frustration, she rolled out of bed. She was ready to give whoever was on the other side a piece of her mind.Swinging the door open, she was met with Eric. He was dressed casually, a soft smile on his face that sl

Autumn returned to work on Monday feeling more blissful than she had in days. The weekend spent with Eric, away from the prying eyes of the family and the suffocating pressure of work, had left her at peace.“Someone clearly had a great weekend,” a colleague noted, catching the uncharacteristic softness in her expression as she walked through the doors.“It was the weekend. Obviously, I’m rested,” Autumn replied, her tone professional but light as she addressed the nosy staffer. “Didn’t everyone else feel the same?” A chorus of mild, hesitant agreements followed, which was exactly the shield she needed to get back to her desk.“Good job on securing that land-use permit, by the way,” Rosalie, a senior team member, said as she leaned against Autumn’s cubicle. “How did you actually manage it? The Department of Planning is hard to get an appointment.”Autumn saw the bait for what it was. She was no stranger to the office gossip, and she wasn't about t