Chapter 29 Family Secret
It was barely morning when Mia’s eyes cracked open, her nose twitching first—something was different.
The hallway smelled faintly of sandalwood and spice, warm and just a little sharp, like someone had opened a door that should’ve stayed closed.
Ezra’s.
Her heart stuttered.
No. Not today. Not af...
Chapters
1. Chapter 1 1 – Drunk Enough To Forget
2. Chapter 2 2 – A Life Already Moving On
3. Chapter 3 3 – New Hands, Old Ghosts
4. Chapter 4 A House Inherited 
5. Chapter 5 The Visitor
6. Chapter 6 Finding The Rhythm
7. Chapter 7 Neighbors
8. Chapter 8 Fault Lines
9. Chapter 9 Things Unsaid
10. Chapter 10 Lines In The Dust
11. Chapter 11 Things We Don't Say
12. Chapter 12 Almost Domestic
13. Chapter 13 The Space Between
14. Chapter 14 Two Assumptions, One Problem
15. Chapter 15 Tension Like Static
16. Chapter 16 Silence Where You Should Be
17. Chapter 17 The Taste Of Regret
18. Chapter 18 Appeased
19. Chapter 19 Lavender & Lies
20. Chapter 20 Buying Elbow Grease
21. Chapter 21 In The name Of Fatherhood (And Horniness)
22. Chapter 22 Naked Truth
23. Chapter 23 Damage Control
24. Chapter 24 A Cracked Quiet
25. Chapter 25 What Families Don't Say
26. Chapter 26 Moans And Muffled Warnings
27. Chapter 27 Just Neighbors
28. Chapter 28 The Repeat Pattern
29. Chapter 29 Family Secret
30. Chapter 30 Cracks Beneath
31. Chapter 31 Fault Lines II
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