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Chapter 854

Chapter 854

Lena wasn't a stranger to Aaron's place. He'd bought this penthouse before moving abroad, and honestly? The whole thing had been her idea.

She'd told him she loved homes that were spacious, open, and calming. And Aaron? He didn't even blink-just handed her the reins to design it however she wanted. But now, standing here again, it felt... different.

"You remember which room is yours?" Aaron's deep voice snapped her out of it.

Lena pressed her lips together lightly and glanced at the far-left room-the one with the floor-to-ceiling windows. The master bedroom

Back then, she hadn't even hesitated before claiming it as her own. And Aaron? He'd just nodded like it was no big deal.

Now, the memory made her cringe. The audacity of her younger self. "I don't remember," she lied.

"Come on, I'll show you," Aaron said. He grabbed her luggage, heading toward the master bedroom.

"Uncle Aaron," she said, stopping him mid-step.

calm

swallowed, hesitating. "I'll just stay in the guest

isn't a

Lena blinked. "What?"

one for him,

breath. "It's not really appropriate for me to stay in that room. I'll take the

other one's mine," Aaron said, setting her luggage down. "You sure you want to stay there? If

was to investigate a grown man's bedroom, but for

sheer curiosity-she

revealing a room traight out of a minimalist catalog, Black, white, and gray everywhere. Even the bedding booked cold and uninviting. If she stayed here, she'd feel like she'd been dropped into an Icebox. In her mind, she compared it to

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it to feel like a hug. Yeah, Aaron in that room? It never would've

room, she noted that while it wasn't as luxurious as the master, it

back to my room," she said, grabbing her luggage

master bedroom door was like stepping into a time warp. Everything was

caught in the

"Take a look around. If you need anything,

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