Chapter 97: Fragile expectations
Caspian was leaning against the old olive tree when I returned from work, his suit jacket tossed across the bench, and it looked crumpled up. He rose to his feet as I approached him, the sun of noon high-lighting the streaks of gray in his hair. He smiled slightly, hesitantly.
"Hey," I whispered ...
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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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