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Chapter 43

Author: Keira Anji
last update publish date: 2026-07-15 23:22:45

Armani

The room had disappeared.

The music beyond the private lounge. The voices outside, the birthday party. None of it existed anymore.

There was only her.

She stood so close I could count the tiny flecks of gold hidden inside those warm brown eyes.

Fuck.

She was beautiful.

Beautiful enough to make a grown man forget every promise he’d made to himself.

My gaze drifted to her lips before I caught myself. I should stop. I knew I should. After everything she'd been through and fought to rebuild
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