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Day three: endgame pt 2
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2025-04-08 18:56:22“Well knock me over with a feather. You’re a closet nerd!” she said, exploring her surroundings.
He sat up, patting the space next to him on the bed.“This is why I don’t usually bring chicks home. They get stupid obsessed with my brain and ignore all this,” he said, indicating towards his body.“They’re probably just blown away that you have a brain,” she said. “I know I am. Advanced Mandarin, Japanese, French, Spanish. How many languages do you speak?!”“Just ten,” he shrugged.“Oh is that all?” she said, flabbergasted.“You’d understand if you met my parents. Henry and Mary demand excellence, no exceptions.”She moved on, taking in all the other little things he had laid out all over the room. He was only visiting, but the room had a lot of obvious personal touches. She tapped a punching bag on her way to the crystal chess board.“You play chess?”“Only when I want something from Henry. It’s jus
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“I got you something. Want to see?” he asked, hoping to soothe the heart he seemed to be breaking even as he held her. “Sure,” she sniffed. He got up, opened a closet door and brought out a violin case. He sat down on the bed in front of her, watching her open it. “I already have Ellie,” she said, fighting to stop the tears. “There’s no rule that says I can’t give you another one,” he scolded, crawling behind her and pulling her against his body as his own hit the pillows. “Besides, this one is for me, so I can hear you play whenever I want.” There wouldn’t be a whenever he wanted, because he was leaving, because they didn’t have two more days. They didn’t have anything anymore. This was it, this was their last night together. He could see the thoughts she was having in her eyes as they filled up with fresh golden tears, but she wasn’t saying the words and he didn’t want to hear them. “I named this one. I hope you don’t min
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2019, December 20th“You’re just going to stand up here and watch them while your mind implodes?” Troy asked, leaning forward with his clasped hands over the railing as he came to stand next to CC.“What do you want me to say, Troy? It’s not that you spend four hours a day working out and training, it’s that you do it with her? Don’t spend time with your dead best friend’s sister?” CC snapped.Troy chuckled.“Wow, four hours. That’s something. Looks like I missed a few things. When did this start?” he asked, smiling as he watched Aria laugh as she sparred with Bart.CC turned her head to Troy, watching his beautiful brown eyes darken ever so slightly. CC had made herself fluent in even the subtlest changes in Troy’s facial expressions. How long had she spent studying this man to try and outwit him? Back then, he always kept her close and she would go hours at a time just watching him. You wouldn’t know it from the easy smile on his face, but while Troy wasn’t nuc
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It was bad that she was letting him off so easily, but he was playing dirty, kissing her senselessly and resisting him was becoming less and less doable these days. Aria had never been wooed by a man like Troy. Aside from the morning sparring sessions and the evening runs, she almost didn't see anyone other than him anymore. During the afternoons he'd take her places. Little walks in the garden or long swims in the indoor pool. Every so often, they still crept into the royal kitchen when it wasn't in use. She'd forbidden him from pulling a stunt like last time though, so instead they made an epic mess laughing at their attempts as they tried to learn to bake together. Rarely, if she was persistent enough, he would take her from the palace to do something completely ordinary outside like going to the movies or ice skating. The nights were something else entirely. Sometimes he played the piano for her, sometimes she played the violin for him. He liked it best when she was playing
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2017, October 11thHe’d been watching her for ages, but she just wasn't stirring. All the early mornings had probably caught up with her. After kissing her forehead, Aaron took a shower and headed downstairs to kill some time until Adele woke up. He was about to take a stroll through the garden when he saw her. Hearing Adele chastise him in his head, Aaron grinned to himself and followed anyway. The woman led him to Troy’s shooting range. “Put up a gun, Condor,” she said, taking aim. Aaron was always wary of women with guns. They seemed somehow more terrifying than men. Super hot, but terrifying. “I didn’t sleep with you, did I?” he asked, taking up the space next to hers. “Because if I did, I’m really sorry I didn’t call,” he said, turning on the charm and taking her in. Everything she had on was pure black. Black dress, heels, leather jacket and shades. She was so well dressed, even CC would be impressed. She looked exactly like his type too, a tall, well g
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She returned his frustrated look with one of her own. Aria didn’t care about the other women. It was the past between them that she couldn’t let go of, the past between him and her cousin. All Emily had to do was show up and he disappeared, humiliated her by leaving her in the middle of a room on her own. This time he wasn’t just asking for a dance or a night though, he was asking for her trust, maybe her heart. For all she knew, he already had those things, but she wasn’t about to own up to it. Aria turned back to Ethan and said, “Look, no one is dating anyone, okay?! So relax. I just came to tell you Keira’s here and she’s looking for you, like she always is. I don’t need to tell you things are already tense. Send her back to Warlanda, today, or I will find someone who can.” This piece of information shut Ethan down long enough for Adele to get Aaron away from him. It had been sometime since Ethan last saw Keira and things were different now. He was engaged, h
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Aaron pulled back, looked into her eyes again and finally smiled."That wasn't so hard, now was it?" "It really, really was," she sighed. "Even though I like you, I don't think-" He kissed her again, over and over, his mouth softening against hers. They were still fiercely passionate kisses, but these were the kisses of a lover, of someone who wanted to give more than just his mouth. "Tell me your answer tomorrow. Let me spend the next two days convincing you you just don't want to be without me. I'm already sure I don't want to be without you."Aria didn't need convincing. This was the problem. She already wanted all the things he was offering her. Maybe she could agree, if he really didn't try to sleep with her anymore, if he really meant the things he was saying. It wouldn't do to keep kissing her and exploring her body the way that he was if he was going to convince her he was serious. He was thinking of asking her to come with him, but the uncertaint
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