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Chapters
Chapter 1: The collision
Chapter 2: The deal
Chapter 3: The rules
Chapter 4: The first public appearance
Chapter 5: Crack in the ice
Chapter 6: A night of pretending
Chapter 7: The storm behind his eyes
Chapter 8: When the world watches
Chapter 9: A seemingly meaningless kiss
Chapter 10: The breaking point
Chapter 11: A glimpse of the past
Chapter 12: The business trip
Chapter 13: When lines are crossed
Chapter 14: The past comes knocking
Chapter 15: The breaking silence
Chapter 16: The edge of control
Chapter 17: A risk worth taking
Chapter 18: Ghosts of grey manor
Chapter 19: Close enough to hurt
Chapter 20: Unraveling the truth
Chapter 21: A public betrayal
Chapter 22: Lines that can't be redrawn
Chapter 23: A shadow from the past
Chapter 24: The attack
Chapter 25: A promise made
Chapter 26: A world between us
Chapter 27: The burning touch
Chapter 28: His world, his rules
Chapter 29: Unspoken confessions
Chapter 30: Heartache
Chapter 31: A dance in the dark
Chapter 32: The edge of the abyss
Chapter 33: A dark night
Chapter 34: Splinters of dawn
Chapter 35: After the fall
Chapter 36: The cracks beneath us
Chapter 37: The fragile hours
Chapter 38: Fractures in the light
Chapter 39: Buried emotions
Chapter 40: Gentle rain
Chapter 41: Fragile ground
Chapter 42: Slipping through fingers
Chapter 43: The calm before the storm
Chapter 44: A reluctant escape
Chapter 45: The weight of normal
Chapter 46: Back into the light
Chapter 47: The ripple effect
Chapter 48: Cracks in the foundation
Chapter 49: The shadow in the crowd
Chapter 50: The devil you know
Chapter 51: A dark past
Chapter 47: The eve of the storm
Chapter 52: Intertwined fates
Chapter 54: The warning
Chapter 55: Doubts
Chapter 56: A necessary information
Chapter 57: A possible future
Chapter 58: Tiny fractures
Chapter 59: Fear or hope
Chapter 60: The storm arrives
Chapter 61: Together
Chapter 62: The plan
Chapter 63: The hunter and the hunted
Chapter 64: Shadows and smoke
Chapter 65: Flight
Chapter 66: Breaking point
Chapter 67: The invitation
Chapter 68: The final confrontation
Chapter 69: The fall of the phantom
Chapter 70: Climax
Chapter 71: A new dawn
Chapter 72: Beacon
Chapter 73: Learning how to breathe again
Chapter 74: Happiness
Chapter 75: A love that stays
Chapter 76: The weight of forever
Chapter 77: Unquestionable love
Chapter 78: It begins
Chapter 79: Tranquility
Chapter 80: Joyful bliss
Chapter 81: Sunrise
Chapter 82: Temptations from the past
Chapter 83: Doubts
Chapter 84: Shadows at the door
Chapter 85: The garden
Chapter 86: The cracks he tried to widen
Chapter 87: Heartache
Chapter 88: Tough love
Chapter 89: Mine to lose
Chapter 90: Whispered insecurities
Chapter 91: Distant hearts
Chapter 92: Weird dinner
Chapter 93: My biggest fear
Chapter 94: The question in the moonlight
Chapter 95: Will you marry me?
Chapter 96: A fragile bond
Chapter 97: Fragile expectations
Chapter 98: Broken calm
Chapter 99: Silent confessions
Chapter 100: Echoes of comfort
Chapter 101: Frayed promises
Chapter 102: Twilight of crossroads
Chapter 103: Weighing the heart
Chapter 104: Another escape
Chapter 105: Whispers in masquerade
Chapter 106: Eyes in the dark
Chapter 107: Unspoken fears
Chapter 108: Underneath
Chapter 109: Under the surface
Chapter 110: Whispers through glass
Chapter 113: Changing shadows
Chapter 112: The unseen guest
Chapter 113: Echoes in the dark
Chapter 114: The third shadow
Chapter 115: The forgotten letters
Chapter 116: The masquerade returns
Chapter 117: The whisper in the crowd
Chapter 118: The broken mask
Chapter 119: The hidden witness
Chapter 120: The reflection speaks
Chapter 121: The trap set
Chapter 122: Glass houses
Chapter 123: Evelyn’s silence
Chapter 124: The burned letter
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Chapter 117: The whisper in the crowd
The ballroom pulsed around me in waves of color and sound. Gold light shimmered across masks and velvet gowns, laughter bubbled like champagne, and violins wept in the distance. But none of it reached me—not really.
Not after what I had seen.
Not after that glimpse.
That presence.
Nathaniel.
I t...