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Chapter Sixty Five — Clare
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2026-07-06 19:37:25
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Forbidden Love with my stepbrother Chapter Sixty Seven — Damien In My Bed
Elara's POVBoth of us stepped inside the house and closed the door behind us. We headed upstairs, noting no one was home yet.Alexander and my mother may be out attending to one or two concerning Viktor and his pending release.We were quiet as we walked, holding on tightly to each other's hands. Damien turned to me in the hallway."I need to make an important call in my bedroom," he said.I heard what he was asking.Privacy.My head bobbed in a nod."I will go to my own bedroom," I replied. "Take your time."I did not think there was anything wrong with his request. If it was needed and important he would let me know eventually, at his own time.So we parted ways in the corridor and I walked into my bedroom, closing the door behind me with a small sigh.No doubt I was tired.But I couldn't crash in the bed yet. And that was because I needed a bath.My hands moved up over th
Forbidden Love with my stepbrother Chapter Sixty Six — Elsewhere
Damien's POVThe place I knew was forty minutes from the office by cab, far enough from our usual radius that the chances of running into anyone connected to Meridian or the past several months were effectively zero. Small Italian restaurant on a side street, no reservation system, the kind of lighting that meant the food was confident enough not to need atmosphere as a distraction.Elara looked at the menu for thirty seconds and put it down. "You have been here before.""Once. Two years ago.""With who.""A client dinner that ran long and ended badly. The food was the only good part." I put my own menu down. "I remembered it."She looked around the room. Four other tables occupied, none of them paying attention to us. The waiter came and we ordered without deliberating and he left and we were just two people at a table with nothing urgent pressing in from any direction.It still felt slightly unfamiliar. The absence of urgency. I was aware of it the way you were aware of a sound stop
Forbidden Love with my stepbrother Chapter Sixty Five — Clare
Damien's POVClare arrived at eight fifty on Monday morning with a notebook and a question she had clearly been holding since the final interview.She stood in the doorway of the Meridian office and looked at the layout with the particular attention of someone mapping a space they intended to work in seriously. Then she looked at me."The filing system," she said. "Is it the original from the previous management or has it been rebuilt.""Partially rebuilt," I said. "About sixty percent of the way through.""I will finish it this week," she said. "Before I touch anything client facing. I need to understand the structure before I can manage what sits inside it."I looked at her. Ten years in logistics operations and she had led with the filing system. "Good," I said. "Coffee is on the left. Alexander arrives at nine thirty. Elara at ten."She nodded and came in and that was the entirety of her onboarding.Alexander arrived at nine thirty, assessed Clare in approximately four minutes, an
Forbidden Love with my stepbrother Chapter Sixty Four — Sunday
Elara's POVMom was up before seven. I heard her moving around the kitchen from my room, the particular sound of someone who had not slept well and had decided to be useful instead. Drawers opening and closing. The oven warming. The quiet industry of a woman managing her nerves through cooking.I came down at eight. She had already made pastries from scratch and was working on something that smelled like the chicken dish she reserved for occasions she considered significant."You did not have to do all this," I said.She looked at the counter. "I needed something to do with my hands."I poured coffee and sat at the table and let her have the kitchen. Damien came down twenty minutes later, read the room immediately, and went to set the table in the dining room without being asked. I heard him in there, the quiet movement of someone making a space feel considered rather than formal.Alexander arrived at ten. Mom had invited him and I was glad she had. He provided a particular kind of ba
Forbidden Love with my stepbrother Chapter Sixty Three — More Letters
Elara's POVThe house was quiet by nine. Mom had gone to bed early, the particular tiredness of someone who had made a significant phone call and was still sitting with what it had cost and what it had given back. I had heard her on the phone with Daniel from the hallway. Not the words. Just the tone of it. Careful and then less careful as the hour went on.Damien was on the couch with his laptop when I came downstairs. He looked up. I held up the envelope.He closed the laptop.I sat beside him and held the envelope for a moment. The date in the corner. My mother's handwriting, younger and slightly unsteady compared to what I knew now. The cafe had been bright and busy when Daniel handed it to me and I had held it all the way home on the train without opening it because some things needed the right room.This was the right room.I opened it carefully. One page, both sides, the paper gone slightly soft with age. I read it once through withou
Forbidden Love with my stepbrother Chapter Sixty Two — Meeting Daniel
Elara's POVHe was already at the table when we arrived, both of us this time. He stood when he saw Damien come through the door behind me and something in his face recalibrated quickly, the way it did when he was adjusting to something he had prepared for but not quite anticipated.We sat down, and the waitress came to take our orders. We ordered the same coffee as always, and Daniel ordered tea, which I had not seen him do before and filed away."You both came," he said."We both came," I said. "There is something we need to tell you, and it was easier than explaining why Damien knew and you did not."He looked between us. Not alarmed. More like the careful attention of someone who had learned not to brace too early. "All right," he said.Damien told him. Clean and direct, the way he did everything. Tobias Farr. The monitoring list. The conclusion Walsh had reached. He did not soften it, and he did not inflate it. He gave Daniel the accurate version and then stopped talking.Daniel
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