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Chapter 48 - h

MICHAEL POV

I leaned back in the chair, magazine in hand, though I wasn't really reading it anymore.

I was waiting.

And then—

She stepped out.

And for a second—

I forgot how to breathe.

And for a moment, every clever line I had prepared vanished from my head.

Her hair was wild, loose around her shoulders like she had just crawled out of a storm rather than a bed.

Her nightgown hung loosely over her body, soft fabric brushing her legs as she moved.

Long legs.

Bare.

My eyes betrayed me for half a second before I forced them back to her face.

And then there was the neckline of that gown.

Not scandalous.

Not deliberate.

But just low enough to hint at the shape beneath.

My throat tightened.

Great.

My brilliant seduction strategy had apparently forgotten one small detail.

Astrid didn't need to seduce me.

She was already doing that by existing.

The fabric she wore draped over her form, not revealing, but not hiding either.

Just enough.

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