Chapter 469:

A warmth, deep and overwhelming, spread through Corrine’s chest. Her eyes burned, a mist of unshed tears blurring her vision.

She reached up, wrapping her arms around his neck, her voice barely above a whisper.

“I am sorry… I did not mean to shut you out.” She had spent so long carrying burdens alone, so long believing she had to fight every battle by herself. It had become second nature—this solitude. She had not even realized how much she had been neglecting his feelings.

“Do not apologize.” Nate’s hand slid to the back of her head, his lips brushing the corner of her eye. His voice dropped to a hushed murmur.

“If anything, it is my fault. I should have done more.”

Her breath caught, and a sharp ache welled up in her chest. She blinked rapidly, but the tears that had been threatening finally welled over.

Nate noticed. His gaze softened, his thumb brushing gently against her cheek.

fight

“Get some rest.”

She swallowed and nodded.

“Okay.”

suddenly remembering something,

“Give me your phone.”

pulled it from the

𝖈𝖔𝖓𝖋𝖎𝖉𝖊𝖓𝖈𝖊

is your

stilled for half a second, her heart skipping a beat. She

my birthday?” Before she could process the thought, Nate’s arm wrapped around her waist, pulling her against him with a swift, effortless motion. His lips brushed against her ear as he murmured, his voice husky with an intimacy that sent a shiver down her

looked up at him, momentarily lost

chiseled features, and in the depths of

Nate murmured before pressing a soft kiss to

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