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Chapters
Chapter 1: The Dream That Stayed
Chapter 2: Exit Strategy
Chapter 3: Smoke & Shadows
Chapter 4: Smoke, Laughter, and That Summer
Chapter 5: Never Have I Ever
Chapter 6: A Blur, A Fall, A Message
Chapter 7: Champagne, Tulle, and Secrets
Chapter 8: Tension in the Bakery
Chapter 9: Curious Flames
Chapter 10: The Island Invitation
Chapter 11: The Diary of Desire
Chapter 12: Boarding, Baggage, and Bitches
Chapter 13: The Heat Between the Pages
Chapter 14: Floors Between Us
Chapter 15: The Voice in the Dark
Chapter 16: Red Hot & Rising
Chapter 17: Kiss the Flame
Chapter 18: Burned Into the Breeze
Chapter 19: The Unraveling
Chapter 20: Burn It Down, Baby
Chapter 21: Beach Heat
Chapter 22: Don’t Look at Me Like That
Chapter 23: Hook, Line, and Suspicion
Chapter 24: Eyes on Me
Chapter 25: Something’s Missing
Chapter 26: Promises and Uninvited Guests
Chapter 27: Tonight Is the Night
Chapter 28: Wedding Bells & Broken Noses
Chapter 29: The Quiet Ones Always Surprise You
Chapter 30: Garden of Secrets
Chapter 31: The Edge of Everything
Chapter 32: The Things We Run From
Chapter 33: The Wait Ends
Chapter 34: The Penthouse Invitation
Chapter 35: A Night to Remember
Chapter 36: The Slow Burn
Chapter 37: Tasting Desire
Chapter 38: The First Time
Chapter 39: The One Night Lie
Chapter 40: Taking My Place
Chapter 41: Morning Light and Gentle Goodbyes
Chapter 42: Not Just One Night
Chapter 43: Collision Course
Chapter 43: No Place to Hide
Chapter 44 – Messages & Mixed Signals
Chapter 45 – The Morning After
Chapter 46: Lunch Hour Confessions
Chapter 47: Under the Microscope
Chapter 48: No More Hiding
Chapter 49: Fogged Glass
Chapter 50: Permission & Confessions
Chapter 51: Crossroads
Chapter 52: The Courtship
Chapter 52: The Gift of Surrender
Chapter 53: Into the Unknown
Chapter 54: Under City Lights
Chapter 55: Rooftop Devotion
Chapter 56: The Wrong Kind of Attention
Chapter 57 : Unsettled
Chapter 58: Shadows in the Background
Chapter 59: A Night Out
Chapter 60: Secrets and Stress
Chapter 61: Silence
Chapter 62: Date Night
Chapter 63: Morning Light
Chapter 64: Lazy Brunch & Weekend Plans
Chapter 65: Welcome Home
Chapter 66: Yours, Completely
Chapter 67: Unannounced Guests
Chapter 68: Bagels, Wine, and Wild Hearts
Chapter 69: Plans Over Pancakes
Chapter 70: Shopping, Stares, and Subtle Promises
Chapter 71: Lipstick, Laughter, and Lingering Shadows
Chapter 72 – Note in the Boutique
Chapter 73: Night With the Twins
Chapter 74: The Text
Chapter 75-His Claim
Chapter 76: Shattered Calm
Chapter 77: Unwelcome Eyes
Chapter 78 – Hotel Morning
Chapter 79 – Luca’s Plan
Chapter 80 – The Edge of the Net
Chapter 81 – The Space Between Heartbeats
Chapter 82 – Watching You
Chapter 83 – No More Fear
Chapter 84 – Shifting Shadows
Chapter 85 – The Last Normal Day
Chapter 86 – Taken
Chapter 87 - Cold Chains
Chapter 88 – Missing
Chapter 89 – Fracture Lines
Chapter 90 – Harper’s Warning
Chapter 91 – Captive Months
Chapter 92 – Breaking Points
Chapter 93 – The Breakthrough
Chapter 94 – The Rescue
Chapter 95 – Aftermath & Reunion
Chapter 96 – First Hearing
Chapter 97 – Aftermath of the Hearing
Chapter 98 – Night Confession
Chapter 99 – Recovery Days
Chapter 100 – Second Court Date
Chapter 101 – Recovery & Promise
Chapter 102 – Daniel’s POV (Last Play)
Chapter 103 – The Spiritual Wedding
Chapter 104 – The Final Confrontation
Chapter 105 – Epilogue
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Chapter 104 – The Final Confrontation
(Eden’s POV)
The ride back from the beach was too quiet. The ribbon still wound my wrist, soft against my skin, but every buzz of Luca’s phone sent a new chill through me. Forty minutes. That’s how long Daniel had been missing. Forty minutes too long.
By the time we reached the penthouse, security...