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Chapter 118 - Between Us

CASEY

I stood there, motionless for a few more seconds, even after she disappeared behind the The clatter of pans resumed, the hushed orders, the scent of rosemary and garlic thick in the air. All of it felt distant, like I was observing from underwater.

'Just play your part.'

She made it sound so simple. Like this was a theater. Like none of it hurt. Like I hadn't woken up tangled in Cesar's sheets just hours ago, skin still marked by him, heart still confused. Like I still didn't feel him inside me. Like I hadn't said something I couldn't take back. Something that changed everything.

And now… I was supposed to wear a dress, smile politely, and make conversation with the very people who wanted to drag Cesar's name and maybe mine through fire?

I turned, walking slowly down the hallway, past portraits of a family I still didn't feel like I belonged to. I stopped at the staircase, fingers gripping the railing harder than necessary.

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