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Lucien’s voice was hoarse. “Kaia, how much longer will it take for you to fully trust me? To truly see me as someone you can rely on?”

His words trembled at the end—and Kaia heard it. It pierced straight through her.

Her eyes welled up. “I’m sorry. I wasn’t planning to keep it from you much longer. I was going to tell you today,” she said quietly. “I didn’t mean to hide it. I just…”

Lucien let out a dry, bitter laugh. “You’re afraid I’d stop you from going abroad? That I’d hold you back? Sabotage your future? Become some kind of obstacle in your life?”

His tone grew sharper, his words accelerating with emotion.

Kaia’s panic rose. She shook her head fast. “No. That’s not it at all. Lucien, please let me explain.”

But the moment she met his cold, distant gaze, her heart sank like a stone.

“If you’d just told me earlier,” he said, voice flat, “there wouldn’t be anything to explain now.”

Then, without another word, he swept her up over his shoulder

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and carried her straight into the living room.

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On the couch, he paused, frowning. “I told you to wear shoes. The floor’s cold.”

Kaia could feel him slipping further away from her, emotionally even more than physically. That distance made her chest tighten with dread.

She grabbed his hand, her voice shaking. “Lucien, please don’t go. I was wrong. Sit down. Let’s talk.”

But he pulled away. “There’s nothing to talk about.”

And with that, he turned and walked upstairs.

She had ruined everything–all the effort, all the precise timing, and every plan she had carefully laid. It was all in shambles

now.

Tears streamed down her face as she sat alone on the first floor, crying so hard her knees were soaked with tears.

noticed the untouched dinner on the table, the flowers she had set out. Of

upstairs, cool down for a few minutes. Yet the moment he remembered the

cursed under his breath and rushed

eyes

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hunched over, head buried between her knees. And

you’re so

He sighed, “Stop crying.”

she heard the

leave,” she

sighed and gently pulled

coffee table and carefully wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, pretending to scold her. “I’m not even crying. Why are you

his arms. “I just feel so bad. I didn’t mean to hide it from you. I swear, honey, I

softly, “I don’t like hearing you say ‘sorry‘. And I don’t like it when you thank me, either. Every time you say those words, it makes me feel like a stranger–like I’m someone you’re

a little, the way you smile, the way

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‘honey‘. Even when you’re angry and say my name, I still love that, too. I like knowing that when you’re struggling, I’m the

Lucien hesitated, voice tightening,

swollen. “You want what?” she asked, her voice

say it aloud. “Figure it

minutes later, the storm

stopped crying. “How did

the airport

fell. No wonder Lucien was furious. Alden had completely

tell him,”

Ophelia opened it by mistake. She

her cheek with just enough

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trusted her. Even if Alden tried to stir the pot, Lucien would check the facts himself. He wouldn’t believe anything

plan? Which uni? How long are

her nose and sniffled. “I was going to tell you today. I even sprinkled flower petals at the

right at his heart. Lucien could never resist her when

because I went to a bookstore to get a cookbook. I practiced for days while you were away. But now

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