All Chapters of The Secret Between Us: Chapter 41 - Chapter 42

Rain kept tapping the hotel windows long after midnight. Ireland’s rain, she thought, had its own way about it—slower, more patient than in London. Like it just wanted to hang around, unhurried.Selana hovered by the balcony doors, wrapped in her hotel blanket, eyes locked on the black coast, dark under heavy clouds. The town below had gone still hours ago. Only the ocean waves and a stray pair of headlights slipping through mist broke the quiet.She ought to be asleep. She was exhausted. But her head just wouldn’t let her. It was crowded up there—Ava, Marcus, Elara, the little girl with dark curls. And Keller. Especially Keller.No sense pretending anymore. Something between them had shifted—sometime between quiet laughter, those glances that lingered, and how right it felt just to be next to him.The problem? She needed that feeling. Needed him, honestly. Admitting it shook her more than she wanted.“Normal people sleep at this hour, you know?”Keller’s voice slipped into the hush b