Chapter 118: The broken mask
We didn't talk much on the drive back to the villa. The silence between us wasn't cold—it was hot, raw, and charged. I could feel Caspian's tension in every move, his fingers clenched hard around the steering wheel as if he was going to yank it out of its seat. My own brain was static, buzzing just ...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1: The collision
2. Chapter 2: The deal
3. Chapter 3: The rules
4. Chapter 4: The first public appearance
5. Chapter 5: Crack in the ice
6. Chapter 6: A night of pretending
7. Chapter 7: The storm behind his eyes
8. Chapter 8: When the world watches
9. Chapter 9: A seemingly meaningless kiss
10. Chapter 10: The breaking point
11. Chapter 11: A glimpse of the past
12. Chapter 12: The business trip
13. Chapter 13: When lines are crossed
14. Chapter 14: The past comes knocking 
15. Chapter 15: The breaking silence
16. Chapter 16: The edge of control 
17. Chapter 17: A risk worth taking 
18. Chapter 18: Ghosts of grey manor 
19. Chapter 19: Close enough to hurt
20. Chapter 20: Unraveling the truth
21. Chapter 21: A public betrayal 
22. Chapter 22: Lines that can't be redrawn 
23. Chapter 23: A shadow from the past
24. Chapter 24: The attack
25. Chapter 25: A promise made
26. Chapter 26: A world between us
27. Chapter 27: The burning touch 
28. Chapter 28: His world, his rules 
29. Chapter 29: Unspoken confessions 
30. Chapter 30: Heartache
31. Chapter 31: A dance in the dark
32. Chapter 32: The edge of the abyss 
33. Chapter 33: A dark night
34. Chapter 34: Splinters of dawn
35. Chapter 35: After the fall
36. Chapter 36: The cracks beneath us
37. Chapter 37: The fragile hours 
38. Chapter 38: Fractures in the light 
39. Chapter 39: Buried emotions 
40. Chapter 40: Gentle rain 
41. Chapter 41: Fragile ground
42. Chapter 42: Slipping through fingers 
43. Chapter 43: The calm before the storm 
44. Chapter 44: A reluctant escape 
45. Chapter 45: The weight of normal 
46. Chapter 46: Back into the light
47. Chapter 47: The ripple effect 
48. Chapter 48: Cracks in the foundation 
49. Chapter 49: The shadow in the crowd 
50. Chapter 50: The devil you know
51. Chapter 51: A dark past
52. Chapter 47: The eve of the storm
53. Chapter 52: Intertwined fates
54. Chapter 54: The warning 
55. Chapter 55: Doubts
56. Chapter 56: A necessary information 
57. Chapter 57: A possible future 
58. Chapter 58: Tiny fractures
59. Chapter 59: Fear or hope
60. Chapter 60: The storm arrives 
61. Chapter 61: Together
62. Chapter 62: The plan
63. Chapter 63: The hunter and the hunted
64. Chapter 64: Shadows and smoke 
65. Chapter 65: Flight
66. Chapter 66: Breaking point
67. Chapter 67: The invitation 
68. Chapter 68: The final confrontation 
69. Chapter 69: The fall of the phantom
70. Chapter 70: Climax
71. Chapter 71: A new dawn
72. Chapter 72: Beacon
73. Chapter 73: Learning how to breathe again 
74. Chapter 74: Happiness
75. Chapter 75: A love that stays
76. Chapter 76: The weight of forever 
77. Chapter 77: Unquestionable love
78. Chapter 78: It begins 
79. Chapter 79: Tranquility 
80. Chapter 80: Joyful bliss
81. Chapter 81: Sunrise
82. Chapter 82: Temptations from the past
83. Chapter 83: Doubts 
84. Chapter 84: Shadows at the door
85. Chapter 85: The garden
86. Chapter 86: The cracks he tried to widen
87. Chapter 87: Heartache 
88. Chapter 88: Tough love 
89. Chapter 89: Mine to lose
90. Chapter 90: Whispered insecurities 
91. Chapter 91: Distant hearts 
92. Chapter 92: Weird dinner 
93. Chapter 93: My biggest fear 
94. Chapter 94: The question in the moonlight 
95. Chapter 95: Will you marry me? 
96. Chapter 96: A fragile bond 
97. Chapter 97: Fragile expectations 
98. Chapter 98: Broken calm
99. Chapter 99: Silent confessions
100. Chapter 100: Echoes of comfort
101. Chapter 101: Frayed promises 
102. Chapter 102: Twilight of crossroads 
103. Chapter 103: Weighing the heart 
104. Chapter 104: Another escape 
105. Chapter 105: Whispers in masquerade 
106. Chapter 106: Eyes in the dark 
107. Chapter 107: Unspoken fears 
108. Chapter 108: Underneath 
109. Chapter 109: Under the surface 
110. Chapter 110: Whispers through glass 
111. Chapter 113: Changing shadows 
112. Chapter 112: The unseen guest 
113. Chapter 113: Echoes in the dark 
114. Chapter 114: The third shadow 
115. Chapter 115: The forgotten letters 
116. Chapter 116: The masquerade returns
117. Chapter 117: The whisper in the crowd 
118. Chapter 118: The broken mask 
119. Chapter 119: The hidden witness 
120. Chapter 120: The reflection speaks 
121. Chapter 121: The trap set 
122. Chapter 122: Glass houses 
123. Chapter 123: Evelyn’s silence 
124. Chapter 124: The burned letter 
125. Chapter 125: The locked drawer
126. Chapter 126: The number you blocked 
127. Chapter 127: The edge of patience 
128. Chapter 128: Ghosts between us
129. Chapter 129: Breathing room
130. Chapter 130: The quiet between us 
131. Chapter 131: Threadbare trust
132. Chapter 132: Rain on the glass 
133. Chapter 133: What remains unsaid
134. Chapter 134: Safe enough
135. Chapter 135: The shape of silence 
136. Chapter 136: One breath apart 
137. Chapter 137: The mirror room 
138. Chapter 138: Glass edges
139. Chapter 139: The quiet things 
140. Chapter 140: The way he watches her 
141. Chapter 141: Language of flowers 
142. Chapter 142: Dinner under the stars
143. Chapter 143: Morning in gold
144. Chapter 144: The shape of stillness 
145. Chapter 145: Morning light 
146. Chapter 146: Silence between the waves 
147. Chapter 147: After the tide 
148. Chapter 148: Tranquility 
149. Chapter 149: The ghost in her inbox 
150. Chapter 150: Post storm 
151. Chapter 151: Morning, still
152. Chapter 152: Quiet shoreline 
153. Chapter 153: Red lipstick and rain 
154. Chapter 154: Post rain 
155. Chapter 155: A piano in the dark 
156. Chapter 156: The stillness after 
157. Chapter 157: Lines that shouldn’t be crossed 
158. Chapter 158: The soft armor of ordinary 
159. Chapter 159: The warmth we return to 
160. Chapter 160: Safe to say no
161. Chapter 161: A kind of stillness
162. Chapter 162: The confrontation plan
163. Chapter 163: Aftermath 
164. Chapter 164: Pure bliss
165. Chapter 165: The picnic in the park 
166. Chapter 166: The woman at the gallery 
167. Chapter 167: The quiet dawn and lavender scent 
168. Chapter 168: The ache that refused to depart 
169. Chapter 169: Quiet desperation
170. Chapter 170: One more day
171. Chapter 171: The waiting room
172. Chapter 172: This kind of joy 
173. Chapter 173: Becoming real
174. Chapter 174: Telling no one (Yet)
175. Chapter 175: Through her eyes
176. Chapter 176: The first picture 
177. Chapter 177: All the way he loves her 
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