SELENA I didn’t sleep.Neither did he.I could feel him on the other side of the bed for hours, the controlled sound of his breathing, the occasional shift of the mattress when he turned, the heavy silence of a man who was forcing himself not to reach for me. The air between us felt thick, charged, like the room itself was waiting for one of us to break first.I didn’t break.When the sky finally started to lighten, I got up without looking at him. My body was still humming from the night before, from the way he had put his hand on my breast and still obeyed the line I had drawn. That small victory sat in my chest like a live coal. I felt his eyes on my back as I walked to the bathroom.I didn’t close the door all the way.I knew he was listening.By the time I came out, dressed this time, properly, with underwear and a fitted top that didn’t belong to him, Kael was sitting on the edge of the bed. Elbows on his knees. Head slightly bowed. The muscles in his forearms were tight. He
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