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Chapter 330

Two blocks down, the neighborhood deteriorated rapidly. The streetlights were shattered. Trash littered the gutters. Suddenly, a heavy wooden door to a dive bar banged open. A drunk man stumbled out onto the sidewalk, yelling incoherently and waving a glass bottle in the air. The drunk staggered directly into Aria’s path. Damian slammed his foot on the brake. He reached for his door handle again, his blood running cold. But the young man in the hoodie reacted instantly. He did not hesitate. He placed a firm, gentle hand on Aria’s shoulder, physically guiding her to his other side, away from the curb. The young man stepped squarely between Aria and the drunk man. He shifted his weight, his broad shoulders squared, turning himself into a physical barricade. The drunk stumbled past them, shouting at the empty street. The young man did not relax his posture until the threat was entirely gone. Damian sat in the idling SUV, his hand resting uselessly on the door panel. The realization

Chapter 331

Aria stood in the cramped kitchen of her apartment, wrapping both hands tightly around a chipped ceramic mug. She let the heat from the cheap black tea seep into her stiff, freezing fingers.The radiator in the corner of the room clanked loudly, fighting a losing battle against the bitter Baltimore morning. Aria shivered. She pulled her oversized, frayed gray cardigan tighter across her chest. The heavy wool stretched taut over the undeniable, rounded swell of her stomach. She shifted her weight from foot to foot on the cold linoleum, pressing one hand firmly against the dull, persistent ache settling deep in her lower back.She had not slept for more than twenty minutes at a time the entire night.She had spent hours tossing and turning on the thin mattress, her mind completely restless. Something had felt wrong since yesterday evening. A heavy, suffocating pressure hung in the damp air of the slum, making the hair on her arms stand up.It started when she took the heavy garbage bins

Chapter 332

Aria’s stomach tightened into a painful knot. Her maternal instinct flared instantly, sending a rush of cold adrenaline straight into her veins. She placed both hands protectively over her swollen belly.She walked slowly out of the kitchen and crossed the narrow, drafty living room. Her bare feet made no sound against the worn floorboards. She reached the front door and stopped. There was no peephole. The previous tenant had stuffed a piece of chewed gum into the glass lens, blocking it completely.Aria hesitated, her hand hovering over the deadbolt. She considered walking away and completely ignoring it. But whoever was on the other side was not leaving.She took a shallow breath, grabbed the cold metal latch of the deadbolt, and slid it back. It unlocked with a loud, rusty clack. She turned the brass knob and pulled the door open just a few inches.The freezing draft from the hallway hit her face instantly. Along with it came a scent she recognized down to her very bones. Cedar, ex

Chapter 333

The realization hit him with the crushing force of a freight train. She was terrified of him. She thought he had come here to hurt her. Damian’s face lost every ounce of its remaining color. He raised his hands slowly, palms facing outward, keeping his bleeding knuckles visible to show he was not going to grab her. "I am not going to hurt you," Damian said quickly, his deep voice shaking with fear. "Aria. Please. Do not pull away from me." Aria stood pinned against the doorframe. The absolute shock rapidly burned away. It was replaced instantly by a freezing, impenetrable wall of survival instinct. The anger and the agonizing grief she had locked away to survive violently erupted in her chest. She slowly lowered her arms from her stomach. She straightened her spine, refusing to cower in front of him for another second. "What are you doing here, Mr. Cross?" The words left her mouth completely devoid of any emotion. They were flat, cold, and entirely dead. She did not call him Dami

Chapter 334

The bell above the bookstore door jingled, but Aria did not look up from the counter. She kept her focus fixed on the stack of inventory sheets in front of her. The air in the shop smelled of old paper, roasted espresso beans, and cinnamon. Dust motes drifted lazily through the shafts of afternoon sunlight filtering through the front windows.It was Tuesday. Exactly one week had passed since the morning Damian Cross knocked on her door.He had not left.Aria marked a tally on her clipboard. She turned the page, the paper crinkling in the quiet store. She could feel the heavy, oppressive weight of his gaze from across the room. He sat in the far corner of the café seating area, occupying a small, round wooden table. He wore the same dark wool overcoat he had worn yesterday. He had shaved, but the dark shadows beneath his eyes remained bruised and exhausted. He did not read a book. He did not look at his phone. He simply watched her.He had been watching her for seven days.Sitting on t

Chapter 335

As she approached, Damian shifted. The legs of his wooden chair scraped softly against the floorboards. He stood up. He stepped into the aisle, placing his large frame in her path."Aria," Damian said. His deep voice was rough, scraping like sandpaper against the quiet hum of the bookstore. "You need the calories. Tell me what you want to eat, and I will have it brought here."Aria did not break her stride. She did not blink. She kept her eyes focused on the brass handle of the front door. She walked forward, forcing him to either step aside or physically collide with her.Damian’s jaw tightened. At the very last second, he stepped back, giving her the space. The sleeve of his heavy coat brushed against her shoulder as she walked past him. She pushed the door open and stepped out into the freezing winter wind without looking back.The cold hit her face like tiny needles. She wrapped her scarf tighter around her neck and began the long walk to the diner.Behind her, she heard the heavy

Chapter 336

The few customers scattered around the room paused to stare at him. A man wearing a bespoke tailored suit and custom leather boots stood out like a sore thumb in the rundown, dirty establishment. Damian ignored the stares. He walked toward the back corner and slid into a cracked red vinyl booth.Sal, the balding manager, wiped his hands on a towel and walked up to Aria."Table four," Sal muttered, jerking his chin toward the back booth. "Go get his order.""No," Aria said flatly. She tossed the dirty rag into a plastic bucket under the counter. "I don't serve that table."Sal frowned, his brow furrowing in irritation. "What are you talking about? Go take his coffee order, Aria. We need the tips.""If you want his order, you take it," Aria replied. She picked up a stack of menus and walked toward the front of the restaurant to seat a new group of customers.Sal grumbled under his breath, grabbed a coffee pot, and walked to the back booth himself.For the next five hours, Damian sat in

Chapter 337

They walked out of the alley and onto the cracked sidewalk. Behind them, the heavy engine of the SUV purred loudly. The headlights remained off. The massive, blacked-out vehicle rolled slowly away from the curb. It crawled down the street, keeping pace with them. Aria gritted her teeth. She stared straight ahead at the broken streetlights. She hated the sound of that engine. She hated the low, steady hum of the tires against the pavement. The slow, relentless stalking felt suffocating. He was a silent, immovable shadow trailing her through the darkest parts of the city. They walked for six blocks. The bitter wind cut through her jeans, chilling her skin, but she refused to shiver. She refused to show any sign of weakness while he watched her from the heated cabin of his luxury car. They finally reached her decaying apartment building. Leo stopped at the bottom of the concrete steps. He crossed his arms over his chest, standing firm on the pavement. He turned his head and stared d

Chapter 338

The red neon sign in the window flickered, casting an uneven, washed-out glow across the cracked laminate tables.Damian sat in the far corner booth, ignoring the mug of black coffee that had gone cold in front of him hours ago. He kept his eyes fixed on the narrow aisle near the front register.Aria was wiping down a booth. She moved slowly, her body stiff with fatigue. The oversized, faded grey t-shirt she wore did nothing to hide the firm curve of her stomach anymore. She paused, pressing the heel of her hand hard against the base of her spine as her shoulders slumped under a heavy, pulling exhaustion.A knot tightened in Damian’s throat. He kept his hands flat on his thighs under the table, feeling the throb of his scabbed knuckles from where he’d destroyed a hotel desk last week. But the physical ache meant nothing.She was carrying his child, working a twelve-hour shift in a greasy slum, and standing until her back gave out. All because his

Chapter 339

The heavy wooden doors to the kitchen swung open.Leo stepped out, wiping his hands on a stained apron. The cook scanned the room, his dark eyes immediately cutting through the diner to lock onto the corner booth. He didn't approach or say a word. Leo just planted his feet and gave Damian a flat, freezing stare.Damian held the look. He felt no anger toward the man. His security team had pulled Leo's file days ago, so Damian knew his background, his shifts, and his routine. All Damian felt was a grim, hollow gratitude. Leo walked her home in the dark. Leo stood guard when Damian couldn't.It was the same with the teenager at the bookstore, Rose. Damian spent his afternoons sitting quietly in the bookstore café, while Rose spent her shifts standing behind the register, glaring at him with bright blue eyes. She looked at him like she wanted to slide a knife between his ribs.He respected the girl for it.He had tried sending catered food to

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