41_A Night To Remeber

That night, Sebastian looked at Marco with a small, rare smile as they finished dinner in the quiet dining room of the mansion. The day had been long, the confrontation at the office, the fallout with Victor, and the endless meetings that followed, but Sebastian had made a decision. He wanted to give Marco something normal. Something good. Something that wasn’t tainted by the shadows of their complicated world.“Get dressed,” Sebastian said suddenly, voice warm. “We’re going on a date.”Marco blinked, fork paused halfway to his mouth. “A date?”Sebastian nodded, the smile deepening just a fraction. “Yes. A real one. No business. No guards hovering too close. Just us.”Marco’s face lit up, the exhaustion from the day melting away. “Really?”“Really.” Sebastian stood up, offering his hand. “Wear something nice. I’ll wait for you downstairs.”Marco practically ran upstairs, heart racing with unexpected excitement. He hadn’t been on a proper date in years. The idea of doing something norm

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42_Normal Day And New Truths

The next day, Sebastian did not allow Marco to go to work. He had woken up early, as usual, but instead of letting Marco get dressed for the office, he pulled him back into bed, arms wrapping around him possessively. “Not today,” Sebastian murmured against Marco’s neck, voice still rough with sleep. “You need rest after yesterday. And I need you here.”Marco tried to argue at first, insisting he was fine, that he wanted to prove he could handle a normal workday even after the confrontation with Victor. But Sebastian was firm, kissing him softly until Marco melted into the embrace. They spent the day together, lazy breakfast in bed, watching movies in the living room, and quiet conversations about everything and nothing. Sebastian’s protectiveness was clear, but there was tenderness in it too. He didn’t want Marco facing the office gossip or any lingering tension so soon after the incident.The day after that was the same. Sebastian kept him close, making excuses about needing his inpu

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43_The End

Five years had passed since everything changed, and Sebastian still wasn't used to how loud a Saturday morning could be with three kids running through a house that had entirely too many rooms for them to be running through."Dad, Mateo took my shoe," Isla yelled from somewhere up the east staircase, and Marco didn't even look up from the tray he was arranging on the kitchen island, a slab of marble large enough to seat ten."Mateo, give your sister the shoe back," Marco called, not raising his voice, because he never really had to and people still occasionally mistook him for one of the nannies at these things, right up until he started rattling off the seating chart from memory or correcting the florist on where the peonies were supposed to go."It's MY shoe, she took MY shoe first—""I don't care whose shoe started it, just give it back before your uncles get here." Marco wiped his hands on a linen towel and glanced at the monitor propped against the espresso machine, where little

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Lahat ng Kabanata ng Beauty And The Beast: Kabanata 41 - Kabanata 43

41_A Night To Remeber

42_Normal Day And New Truths

43_The End