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k at t

anding. Un

a cup of untouched tea. She didn't need

nt

slowly, her breath c

ut across his jawline, a dangerous gleam in his dark eyes. Even after all

he said, stepping inside with

. That's not exact

btle signs of her life. A half-sketch on the table. A d

to see you

ears as she shut the door behind him. The last time they were this cl

o full of questions a

me again," he a

ned from experie

yes narrowing. "Exp

to accuse me of betrayal. You've got Sofia paradi

tly. "That wasn't real.

?" she asked, the bitt

le

loaded

d. "You still feel it,

y. She didn't answer

hat door, waiting for you to walk back through it? I didn't come

but she blinked them back. His words

I can believe tha

, and she hated how quickly she leaned

ve me," he said.

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'd kept buried

in emotion and years of suppressed longing. His lips were fierce. Hers, desperate. Their b

e room. And when it was over, Valentina lay

s a m

e only truth le

, the bed besi

was

e. No

of her own heart cracking, slowly and painfully,

anket. This was what he did-he arrived

part? She

her phone, hopin

th

king headline s

rnández Spark Engagement R

hat clung to her like a second skin. Dante's arm was protectively

on blurred. Her

meant nothing? That their night had

her throat, but

t cry over

ag

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hone

answer. Couldn't ta

me flash across the scr

fa

oment, her thumb hoverin

he pres

ice on the other end. "I hope I

posed. Confident. Dangerous

g to keep her voice n

aid. "Tonight, if you're availa

er ears. She had barely survived seeing one

ing wrong?

o that," Rafael said. "But I'd rat

r waist, the way he looked at her like she was

added. "Please, Valentina. I wou

d, she remained fr

ki

pa

gerous

tion. Her eyes looked older. Her lips were trembl

ut love anymore. Thi

afael do if

e destroy if he

ain-a text from Raf

a choice

Raf

n the wreckage D

en. She turns in alarm-only to find a small envelope

e, a

el.

in the s

image-it's the message scraw

walks away. And