Chapter 21 - Silence
Her POV – The Silence After He Left
The door had barely shut before I felt it—a sudden, suffocating rush that stole the air from the room.
The emptiness.
It wasn’t just the absence of sound, the fading echo of his footsteps, or the soft click of the latch sealing him out
.
It was more than...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1: The One Who Never Left
2. Chapter 2: The One Who Stayed
3. Chapter 3: The Morning After
4. Chapter 4: The Echo of Him
5. Chapter 5: The Chain Between Us
6. Chapter 6: Unanswered, Unspoken
7. Chapter 7: Coming for Her!
8. Chapter 8- Her Undoing
9. Chapter 9 - Aftermath
10. Chapter 10- Walking Away
11. Chapter 11 - Her Scent
12. Chapter 12: A Confrontation
13. Chapter 13: Done Playing the Fool
14. Chapter 14 - The Bathroom Power Play
15. Chapter 15 - The Aftermath of Violence
16. Chapter 16 - The Breaking Point
17. Chapter 17 - Post-Sex Power Struggle
18. Chapter 18 - His Descent Into Obsession
19. Chapter 19 - Hard Truths
20. Chapter 20 - Running Away
21. Chapter 21 - Silence
22. Chapter 22 - He’s Gone
23. Chapter 23 - It Will Never Be Over
24. Chapter 24 - First Contact
25. Chapter 25 - The Wedding will Go On!
26. Chapter 26 - Fly to Her
27. Chapter 27 - What He does Best
28. Chapter 28 - Paranoia
29. Chapter 29 - His Descent
30. Chapter 30- The Alley Encounter
31. Chapter 31: The Moment He Walked Away
32. Chapter 32: The Wedding Day Confession
33. Chapter 33: The Wedding That Wasn't
34. Chapter 34: The Wedding Afterparty
35. Chapter 35: The Return Home
36. Chapter 36: The Return And The Mission
37. Chapter 37: The Infiltration
38. Chapter 38: The Mistake He Didn't Mean
39. Chapter 39: The Offer She Couldn't Ignore
40. Chapter 40: DC Arrival
41. Chapter 41: Seeing Nat Again
42. Chapter 42: Case Briefing
43. Chapter 43: Nat Arrival
44. Chapter 44: Cornered
45. Chapter 45: The Bar
46. Chapter 46 - The Collision
47. Chapter 47- The Night She Didn't Plan For
48. Chapter 48 - The Morning After
49. Chapter 49 - The Team Meeting
50. Chapter 50- The Flight to L.A.
51. Chapter 51 – The L.A. Move-In
52. Chapter 52- Two Days In
53. Chapter 53 - The New Household Dynamic
54. Chapter 54 - Lara’s Plan: Poking the Bear
55. Chapter 55 - The Breaking Point
56. Chapter 56 - The Breaking Point Deepens
57. Chapter 57 - The Restaurant Breakdown
58. Chapter 58 - The Reckoning
59. Chapter 59 - The Calm Before the Storm
60. Chapter 60 - The Threat Unfolds
61. Chapter 61 - The Safehouse Confrontation
62. Chapter 62 - The Safehouse Confession 2
63. Chapter 63 - The Kidnapping
64. Chapter 64 - The War Begins
65. Chapter 65 - The Hunt for Nat
66. Chapter 66 - Captive and Exposed
67. Chapter 67 - Nat’s Reckoning
68. Chapter 68 - The Fire That Burns to The Aftermath
69. Chapter 69 - Caught
70. Chapter 70 - The Hotel Escape to The Fear That Remains
71. Chapter 71 - Gift of Vengeance to The Aftermath
72. Chapter 72 - Falling Apart
73. Chapter 73- Giving in
74. Chapte 74– Domestic Bliss
75. Chapter 75 – Spa Day & First Date
76. Chapter 76 – Griffith Park & Marina
77. Chapter 77 - Building Something Real
78. Chapter 78 – The Cartel Case Resumes
79. Chapter 79- What Has Ginger Been Up To?
80. Chapter 80 The Kitchen Confrontation
81. Chapter 81- A whiskey Half Full
82. Chapter 82 - Drunk Invitation
83. Chapter 83- A rude awakening
84. Chapter 84- Dad Comes for a Visit
85. Chapter 85- Late
86. Chapter 86- A Ginger’s Retreat
87. Chapter 87- My Childhood Prison
88. Chapter 88- A Massive Loss
89. Chapter 89- Heart to Heart
90. Chapter 90- Prove It
91. Chapter 91- Who Says You Can't Go Home
92. Chapter 92- Whore
93. Chapter 93- Midwestern Wedding??
94. Chapter 94- Father of the Bride
95. Chapter 95- Stolen Bride
96. Chapter 96- The Bride Fights Back
97. Chapter 97 - Dream Wedding
98. Chapter 98- Wedding Night
99. Chapter 99- Vegas is Always a Good Idea
100. Chapter 100- A Night to Remember
101. Chapter 101 - The Hot Tub - Use the Blonde
102. Chapter 102- We Survived Our Wedding Night
103. Chapter 103 - Reality?
104. Chapter 104 - A New Kind of War
105. Chapter 105 - The Devil's Truce
106. Chapter 106 - Back to Work
107. Chapter 107 - Into the Field
108. Chapter 108 - The Kiss Heard Around the World
109. Chapter 109 - Cold War
110. Chapter 110 - Handling Nat
111. Chapter 111 - The Task Force and the Kiss
112. Chapter 112 - A Mother’s Visit
113. Chapter 113 - The Pregnancy Test Fiasco
114. Chapter 114 - Grandma’s Moving In
115. Chapter 115 - Unfinished Business
116. Chapter 116 - First Glimpse
117. Chapter 117 - A New Life
118. Chapter 118 - Coming Home
119. Chapter 119 - Silent Gestures
120. Chapter 120 - Conversations on Motherhood
121. Chapter 121 - Gone Without a Trace
122. Chapter 122 - The Desert Betrayal
123. Chapter 123 - Roman's Web
124. Chapter 124 - Nat's Defiance
125. Chapter 125 - Born in the Desert
126. Chapter 126 - Desert Dawn
127. Chapter 127 - Welcome Home
128. Chapter 128 - Balancing Acts
129. Chapter 129 - Boys’ Night and Buried Truths
130. Chapter 130 - Confrontation Behind Bars
131. Chapter 131 - Vacation?
132. Chapter 132 - Presidential Treatment
133. Chapter 133 - A Familiar Face
134. Chapter 134 - Between Friends
135. Chapter 135 - No Turning Back
136. Chapter 136 - Morning After
137. Chapter 137 - Debrief
138. Chapter 138 - Confrontation
139. Chapter 139 - Clearing the Air
140. Chapter 140 - After the Dust Settles
141. Chapter 141 - Crossing the Line
142. Chapter 142 - No Turning Back
143. Chapter 143 - Breaking Point
144. Chapter 144 - After the Storm
145. Chapter 145 - Uncharted Territory
146. Chapter 146 - The Disappearance
147. Chapter 147 - The Rescue
148. Chapter 148 - Twisted Realizations
149. Chapter 149 - The Breaking Point
150. Chapter 150 - Boundaries Shattered
151. Chapter 151 - The Morning After
152. Chapter 152 - Between Us
153. Chapter 153 - Sun, Sand, and Something More
154. Chapter 154 - Back to Reality
155. Chapter 155 - Rebuilding Us
156. Chapter 156: Slipping Through Fingers
157. Chapter 157: Breaking Point
158. Chapter 158: Into the Lion’s Den
159. Chapter 159: No Other Way
160. Chapter 160: Aftermath
161. Chapter 161: The Cage
162. Chapter 162: The Hunt
163. Chapter 163- The Long Game
164. Chapter 164: The Cost of Survival
165. Chapter 165: The Morning After
166. Chapter 166: A Show of Devotion
167. Chapter 167: Behind Closed Doors
168. Chapter 168: Unspoken Tensions
169. Chapter 169: Fractured Lines
170. Chapter 170: The Edge of Control
171. Chapter 171: Bound and Unraveled
172. Chapter 172: The Return
173. Chapter 173: Signed and Sealed
174. Chapter 174: A Step Behind
175. Chapter 175: The Breaking Point
176. Chapter 176: The Quiet Between Us
177. Chapter 177: The Ghost of Who I Was
178. Chapter 178: Slipping Away
179. Chapter 179: The Calm Before the Storm
180. Chapter 180: The Siege
181. Chapter 181: Hollow
182. Chapter 182: Silence and Shadows
183. Chapter 183: The First Words
184. Chapter 184: Letting Go
185. Chapter 185: Echoes of the Past
186. Chapter 186: Ghosts of the Past
187. Chapter 187: One Last Time
188. Chapter 188: The Last Night
189. Chapter 189: The Morning After
190. Chapter 190: A Quiet Existence
191. Chapter 191: Letting Go
192. Chapter 192: Ghosts of the Living
193. Chapter 193: A War Still Unfinished
194. Chapter 194: A Choice Unspoken
195. Chapter 195: Brothers in War
196. Chapter 196: A Love Undefined
197. Chapter 197: The Night Before the Storm
198. Chapter 198: The War Begins
199. Chapter 199: The Fall of Elias Carter
200. Chapter 200: The Aftermath
201. Chapter 201: Homecoming
202. Chapter 202: A Full House
203. Chapter 203: One Month Later
204. Chapter 204: The Next Chapter
205. Chapter 205: One
206. Chapter 206: The Morning After
207. Chapter 207: Grace’s Second Birthday
208. Chapter 208: Forever and Always
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