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Chapter 41

Nate’s PovThe message sat on the screen like a cold hand on the back of my neck. Serena was still warm against me, her bare shoulder under my palm. I set the phone down and turned fully toward her before anything else.“Stay here,” I said quietly. “I’ll check.”She caught my wrist. “We check together. I’m your wife. That means I don’t wait in the bedroom while you walk into something alone.”The word wife still hit me hard in the best way. I leaned down and kissed her, soft and sure. “Together, then.”We pulled on the first clothes we found. I kept her hand in mine as we walked down the short hallway. The living room looked the same at first glance. Curtains closed. Lights low. Then I saw it.A small white box sat in the center of the coffee table. No card on the outside. Just a clean lid and a single ribbon.Serena’s fingers tightened around mine. I pulled her closer so her shoulder pressed against my arm.“I’ve got you,” I said. “Whatever it is, it doesn’t touch us.”She nodded. We

Chapter 42

Serena’s PovOne hour. That was all the time we had. Nate’s phone still glowed with the message, but I didn’t want the words to own the morning. I stepped in front of him, took the phone from his hand, and set it face down on the counter.“Look at me,” I said softly.He did. His eyes were tired and fierce at the same time. I rose onto my toes and kissed him, slow and deliberate. His hands settled on my waist like they belonged there. When we pulled apart I kept my forehead against his.“We’re married,” I whispered. “That’s the part I want to feel right now. Not the meeting. Not the threats. Just us.”Nate’s breath left him in a long, quiet sigh. He wrapped both arms around me and held on. “You’re right. Come here.”He led me back to the bedroom. We didn’t speak for a while. We just stood close, forehead to forehead, breathing each other in. His thumbs stroked the sides of my waist. My fingers rested against the warm skin at the back of his neck. The simple contact was enough to steady

Chapter 43

Nate’s PovThe photograph lay open on the table. Eleanor. Two babies. And Robert standing behind her like he belonged in the frame. The room had gone quiet, but the only thing I could feel was Serena’s hand locked tight in mine.I turned toward her before anyone else could speak. Her face had gone pale. I shifted my chair closer until our knees touched and brought our joined hands up between us.“Look at me,” I said softly. “Only me.”She did. Her eyes were wide and wet, but she didn’t pull away. I brushed my thumb across her knuckles and kept my voice low enough that the rest of the room couldn’t hear.“Whatever that picture means, it doesn’t change us. You’re still my wife. I’m still your husband. That part is already written.”Serena’s breath shook once. Then she nodded. “I know. I just… I need a second to feel you here.”I leaned in and pressed my forehead against hers, right there at the long table. The contact was small and private. Her eyes closed. Mine did too. For a few heart

Chapter 44

Serena’s PovThe photograph trembled slightly in my hands. A younger Nate. My father. The two babies. A moment that was never supposed to exist. I felt the shock move through him beside me, sharp and silent. I set the picture down and turned fully toward him before anything else could reach us.“Nate.” My voice came out soft. “Look at me.”He did. His eyes were dark with too many things at once. I climbed into his lap right there on the small office couch and wrapped my arms around his shoulders. He held me like he had been waiting for permission to fall apart a little.“I’ve got you,” I whispered against his neck. “I’m right here. I’m your wife. That part is still true.”His breath left him in a long, uneven sigh. Both of his arms locked around my waist. I felt the tension in his body slowly start to ease as I stroked the back of his hair.“I don’t understand any of it,” he said, voice low. “But I understand this. You. The way you feel in my arms. The way you keep choosing me.”I pul

Chapter 45

Nate’s PovThe message glowed on the screen between us. Someone had been watching since the night on the coast. Someone had taken that old photograph. Someone claimed they had been protecting us all along. I set the phone face down on the nightstand and turned fully toward Serena before the words could settle too deep.“Come here,” I said quietly.She moved into my arms without hesitation. I pulled the covers back over both of us and held her against my chest. Her cheek rested over my heart. My hand moved slowly up and down her bare back. For a long time we didn’t speak. We just breathed together in the dim room.“I don’t want to think about who or why right now,” she whispered eventually. “I just want to feel you.”“Then that’s all we do.” I kissed the top of her head. “No more messages. No more pictures. Just us.”Serena tilted her face up. I met her in a slow kiss. Soft at first, then deeper. Her fingers slid into my hair. Mine stayed gentle on her waist. When we pulled apart I kep

Chapter 46

Serena’s Pov The message sat between us like a quiet dare. The old pier. Sunset. Someone who had been in the water that night. Someone who claimed they had been waiting for us to find each other. I read the words twice, then set the phone face down and turned fully into Nate’s arms. “I don’t want to think about the pier yet,” I said. “I just want this. You. The morning. Us.” Nate’s hands came up to frame my face. His eyes were soft and serious at the same time. “Then that’s what we take. Come here.” He pulled me closer until there was no space left. I rested my forehead against his and let myself breathe him in. His thumbs stroked my cheeks. My fingers curled into the front of his shirt. For a long moment we simply stayed like that, quiet and close. “I love you,” he said. The words were low and rough with sleep and feeling. “I love waking up next to you. I love that you’re my wife. I love that even when the past calls, you still choose the present with me.” “I love you too.” I ki

Chapter 47

Nate’s PovThe figure stood at the end of the pier, half in shadow, half in the last gold of the sunset. Serena’s hand was tight in mine. I shifted closer so my shoulder stayed pressed against hers. Whatever this person wanted to say, I would hear it with my wife beside me.“We’re listening,” I said. My voice came out steady. “But we don’t have much patience left for games.”The figure took one more step forward. The voice that answered was quiet and rough, like it had been waiting years to speak. I barely registered the words. My attention stayed on Serena—the way her fingers curled around mine, the way her breathing stayed even even though I could feel the tension in her body.I leaned down until my mouth was close to her ear. “I’ve got you. Whatever this is, we face it and then we go home. Together.”She gave the smallest nod. Her thumb brushed across my knuckles in answer.The figure spoke again, something about the night of the storm, about being in the water too, about watching

Chapter 48

Serena’s PovThe soft chime of the elevator reached us through the closed bedroom door. Nate’s arm tightened around me. For a second neither of us moved. Then I turned in his arms and pressed my face into his neck, breathing him in before anything else could reach us.“I’ve got you,” he whispered against my hair. “We face it the same way we’ve faced everything. Together.”I nodded and kissed the place where his pulse beat steady under his skin. “Together. But first I need this. Just a minute more of only us.”Nate’s hands framed my face. He kissed me slow and deep, like he was sealing the quiet we had built before the world walked back in. I kissed him back with the same quiet hunger. When we finally pulled apart, I kept my forehead against his.“I love you,” I said. “I love that you’re my husband. I love that even when the past shows up at our door, you still look at me like I’m the only thing that matters.”“I love you too.” His thumbs brushed my cheeks. “I love that you’re my wife.

Chapter 49

Nate’s PovThe soft sound from the guest room down the hall hung in the quiet morning air. Serena’s hand was already in mine under the covers. I set the phone face down and turned fully toward her before anything else could reach us.“Come here,” I said.She moved into my arms without hesitation. I pulled her against my chest and held on. Her cheek rested over my heart. My hand moved slowly up and down her bare back. For a long moment we simply breathed together.“I don’t want to get up yet,” she whispered. “I just want this. You. The quiet.”“Then we take it.” I kissed the top of her head. “Whatever is down the hall can wait a little longer. Right now it’s still just us.”Serena tilted her face up. I met her in a slow kiss. Soft at first, then deeper. Her fingers slid into my hair. Mine stayed gentle on her waist. When we pulled apart I kept my forehead against hers.“I love you,” I told her. “I love waking up next to you. I love that you’re my wife. I love that even when the past mo

Chapter 50

Serena’s PovThe message glowed between us in the soft morning light. The old pier again. Someone waiting. Someone who claimed to be the real second person from the water. Nate’s arm was already around me. I set the phone face down on the nightstand and turned fully into his chest before the words could settle too deep.“I don’t want to go yet,” I whispered. “I just want this. You. A little more time that belongs only to us.”Nate’s hands came up to frame my face. His eyes were soft and serious at the same time. “Then we take it. Come here.”He pulled me closer until there was no space left. I rested my forehead against his and let myself breathe him in. His thumbs stroked my cheeks. My fingers curled into the front of his shirt. For a long moment we simply stayed like that, quiet and close.“I love you,” he said. The words were low and rough with feeling. “I love waking up next to you. I love that you’re my wife. I love that even when the past keeps calling, you still choose the pres

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