Chapter 39 Secrets in the shadows
The silence in Michael’s apartment felt heavier night. Every ticking second from the clock on the wall sounded like a secret trying to escape. I had been pacing for what felt like hours, waiting for the sound of his key in the door, for his voice to fill the hallways again. But the air stayed still....
Chapters
1. Chapter 1 Broken promises
2. Chapter 2 The arrangement
3. Chapter 3 Wedding gown
4. Chapter 4 The dinner
5. Chapter 5 Cold encounters
6. Chapter 6 Terms of a union
7. Chapter 7 The wedding that never was
8. Chapter 8 The unexpected warmth
9. Chapter 9 The unexpected guest
10. Chapter 10 A line drawn in the sand
11. Chapter 11 A quiet escape 
12. Chapter 12 The blur between us
13. Chapter 13 Public enemy 
14. Chapter 14 Fallout 
15. Chapter 15 The awakening 
16. Chapter 16 Fractured trust 
17. Chapter 17 Liberation pending 
18. Chapter 18 Fresh beginnings 
19. Chapter 19 Unexpected affections 
20. Chapter 20 A day of small miracles 
21. Chapter 21 The jealous storm
22. Chapter 22 The figure in the window 
23. Chapter 23 Beginning of problems
24. Chapter 24 The knock that changed everything
25. Chapter 25 A night of laughter 
26. Chapter 26 The red room
27. Chapter 27 The fracture in calm
28. Chapter 28 The house on the hill
29. Chapter 29 Twisted love 
30. Chapter 30 Dinner with the devils 
31. Chapter 31 The oceans escape
32. Chapter 32 Warmth after the storm
33. Chapter 33 Breaking surface
34. Chapter 34 Trust and strategy 
35. Chapter 35 Shadows and schemes 
36. Chapter 36 The web tightens
37. Chapter 37 The bait
38. Chapter 38 The web of desire 
39. Chapter 39 Secrets in the shadows
40. Chapter 40 Morning maneuvers
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