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Chapter 30: I think It’s Best To Tell Him
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Leonard’s POVShe had turned to leave, her cane tapping slowly toward the hall, when she suddenly stopped. Her back stiffened, and her head turned slightly in my direction.Her voice was quiet. Almost broken.But before I go…” Elena said, her back still turned, her fingers clenching around her cane. “I’d like to ask you something.”I didn’t answer. Couldn’t. My heart was already pounding like a warning drum in my chest.She turned slightly, just enough to tilt her pale, sightless face toward me. Her brows were tight. Her lips quivered.“When am I getting my eyes back from Olivia?”Silence collapsed over the room. And for a moment, I forgot how to breathe.She wasn’t crying. Not yet. But there was something far worse behind her voice, exhaustion. That deep, soul-suffocating kind that makes your bones feel like they’ve aged decades.“Elena…” My throat tightened around her name.“I’m not trying to be cruel,” she said, her voice trembling like a cracked violin string. “I’m not trying to
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Olivia’s POV I yanked the closet door open, pretending like I wasn’t flushed, like my lips weren’t still tingling from Leonard’s kiss. I needed to get dressed. To get away. Away from him… from whatever this was turning into. But the moment I reached for my robe, I felt him. That familiar heat. That shift in the air. “Don’t,” I warned without turning around. He yanked me back like he was done pretending, slamming the closet door shut behind me and caging me against it. His body pressed into mine, hard and hot, and I felt it, every inch of him, ready, throbbing. “You really think you can walk away after that little stunt?” he growled, his voice like gravel and sex. I smirked, even as my pulse pounded between my legs. “Watch me.” His hand slid up the back of my thigh, under the shirt I was barely wearing. His touch was fire, hot, possessive, brutal in how much I needed it. “No panties?” he whispered, dragging his fingers between my legs. “Fuck, Olivia…” I gasped, m
