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I couldn’t stop thinking about the question all day. It lingered in the back of my mind, unanswered, gnawing at me. By the time Logan came to pick me up that afternoon, I still didn’t know what I wanted to do.

And yet, I followed him anyway. Habit was a terrifying thing. Ten years was all it took to tether me to this routine–him, the Mercer Estate, and the unspoken understanding that I would always be there.

“Why are you so quiet?” he asked, glancing at me as he drove. He must have noticed my mood.

I hesitated, my fingers fidgeting with the strap of my bag. Finally, I worked up the courage to say, “Logan, maybe we should-”

Before I could finish, his phone rang.

The car display lit up with an unlisted number. I saw his grip tighten on the steering wheel, his knuckles whitening.

It wasn’t like him to look nervous.

I turned to study his face, but his expression was unreadable. Without a word, he tapped the screen, switching the call to Bluetooth. “Hello…. Yeah, I’m on my way.”

The call was brief, but his voice was clipped, his tone unnaturally tense.

When it ended, he glanced at me, his jaw tight. “Elaine, something urgent came up. I can’t take you home.”

I knew what he was going to say before he said it. It wasn’t the first time. Still, foolishly, I’d hoped he’d at least take me back before running off.

My chest ached, but I forced myself to keep my voice steady. “Is something wrong?”

He didn’t answer. Instead, his gaze shifted to the road ahead as he pulled into a temporary parking spot. “Get off here and grab a taxi,” he said, his tone brisk.

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you get home,” he

nodded stiffly, clutching my backpack as

sidewalk, watching his

I didn’t ask. I didn’t want to peel back the thin, fragile layer of denial that

careful on your way home,” he called out

off.

of road where his car had disappeared. My chest felt hollow, my

out of my thoughts. It was Nora,

are you? Want

a gynecologist, sharp–tongued and brilliant. She never minced words,

said without hesitation.

surprised. “Wow, you didn’t even check with Logan first?

as if my entire life revolved

right now?” I asked, changing the

I hailed a taxi to meet

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narrowed, “What happened? Did you and Mr.

one of the few people I could confide in, so I told her everything.

are the worst,” she muttered, stirring her drink with unnecessary force. “He thinks

bluntness made my cheeks burn. I shook my

he spent ten years with you and hasn’t even

words stung because

he’d gently pulled away and sent me to bed. At

realized it was because

saying? That if a man loved a

desire her.