Forbidden Neva Tasted This GOOD
He reached out—not to touch her, but to gently guide her toward the door.
“This has to slow down,” he said. “Before it costs more than we can afford.”
Aire nodded, swallowing hard. “Okay.”
But the look she gave him before she left told him everything he needed to know.
She wasn’t pulling away.
She was already choosing.
That evening, Nia sat alone in her room, scrolling through her phone, a frown etched between her brows.
She opened a photo—one she hadn’t meant to take.
Aire, standing in her father’s doorway earlier that day.