Tempted
Just them, standing on the edge of something unnamed.
Clara exhaled. “I’m going public tomorrow.”
Adrian’s expression shifted, not surprised, but aware. Like he’d been waiting for this sentence.
“With what?” he asked.
“With myself,” she said simply. “No proximity. No ambiguity. No borrowed authority.”
His gaze softened. “You don’t need to prove anything.”
“I do,” she replied gently. “To myself.”
A beat passed. Then another.
He reached out not touching her, not yet just close enough that she felt the intention.
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