Everything After Survival
He lifted me into his arms, but I pushed weakly against his chest.
“Don’t touch me.”
He froze.
For the first time, I saw real fear in his eyes.
“Aria, I didn’t know. I came back for the ring. I didn’t know they would—”
“You left me here,” I whispered.
His arms tightened around me, but before he could speak again, engines sounded outside the villa. Doors opened. Footsteps crossed the hall with clean, controlled precision.
Professor Evelyn Shaw entered with two lawyers, a project doctor, and a security team from the institute.
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