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Chapter Twenty_ Elliot - one

Elliot.

Damien didn't come back till nighttime.

The door creaked open in my quiet cabin, and I knew immediately who it was.

I didn't need to look up from my laptop screen to feel the tug towards him, to feel him filling the space.

I heard him stop in the doorway, and I felt his eyes on me, watching in that way he did, as though he could see past everything I was trying to hide. I kept typing, ignoring the pounding of my heart, and the tug pulling me to look his way.

“What?” I muttered, my fingers hovering over the keys.

Damien cleared his throat, and I could feel his hesitation, which only made me angrier.

“You left pretty quickly back there,” he said finally.

I scoffed, rolling my eyes. "It was only appropriate. You were... occupied."

Even without looking back I could tell his jaw was clenched. "She was just an acquaintance."

“Sure,” I replied, feigning indifference as I closed my laptop and stood up, unable to stay seated any longer. “None of my business anyway. You don’t have to
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