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CHAPTER FOURTY-THREE

Author: Kirawrites
last update publish date: 2026-02-09 10:21:05

Defensive Measures

DANIEL’S POV

Fuck.

I shouldn’t have snapped at her in front of him.

Shouldn’t have let her see how much it twisted my gut to watch her drape herself over Neo like she still had every right.

But the second her fingers curled around his arm, something in me cracked open again. Same way it cracked the day I let him corner me—only this time I’m the one who’s supposed to have control.

Annabel Johnson is a problem. Always has been.

I ran the check on her months ago and I still che
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