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VALERIA"I love you too. No matter how much I try to hate you, I’ve fallen head over heels in love with you all over again.” The words had slipped out of my trembling lips before I could even stop myself.What the fuck just happened?! Did I really say those words?! What the hell came over me?! I couldn't believe my own ears?! The fuck!!!!Wait a damn minute... I just confessed to my sworn enemy that I love him!I must have gone nuts at this point!I just told Reese the one thing I've been fearing to do all my life—hell, I told him that I love him—something I've been denying to acknowledge all my life.The confession hung in the air, a fragile truth I hadn’t even fully admitted to myself.My heart drummed furiously, every beat louder than the last, as Reese’s eyes darkened with something deeper, something primal.Before I could gather my thoughts or convince myself, that I didn’t really mean it; Reese was on me.The kiss took me by surprise, so swift and sure that I couldn’t even gathe

REESEI jolted awake, a violent shiver running through my body as the remnants of the nightmare clung to me like a cold, suffocating fog. My heart pounded each beat like a drum against my ribs, loud and erratic, like the galloping of a thousand horses.I gasped for breath, the darkness of my room closing in on me. The nightmare had been so vivid, so terrifying, that for a moment, I wasn’t sure if I was awake or still trapped in that hellish loop.My body ached from the tension, and my muscles locked tight as though I’d truly been running for miles. I sat up, raking a trembling hand through my hair, my mind racing with the echoes of Valeria’s screams."Reese! Help me!" Her voice rang relentlessly in my head, causing me to clench my hands into tight fists as I tried to make the searing pain in my chest disappear.I blinked repeatedly, hoping it was just a nightmare and not reality.I gulped down a lump that had formed in my increasingly dry throat.My eyes darted to the clock on the wal

VALERIAAfter Reese left with the kids, giving me some alone time, I puffed out a deep sigh, rubbing my temples.I had been slightly surprised to see Reese by the door this early morning. I knew that he was coming for Derek as I had requested, but I was expecting him to come later in the evening after the kids had returned from school.However, I didn't fail to notice the edge in his voice and the fear lurking behind his eyes. I wondered what could have happened to have propelled him to rush to my house at such odd hours of the day.Despite how slightly tousled he appeared and the bags underneath his eyes, he still looked breathtakingly handsome. I couldn't deny how erratic my breathing became and the way my nipples pebbled into two sharp points underneath my shirt.I heaved a deep sigh, running a frantic hand through my hair as I made my way to the bathroom.At any rate, I had to get ready for the board meeting. Lately, things have been straining between us, even though it started so

VALERIAReese’s words left me shocked, breathless, and devoid of thoughts. A chill crawled up my spine the moment I got the call. Derek was sick, just like Dave. I could barely breathe as I hung up the phone. My heart thudded aggressively against my chest as fear clawed up in my throat.How could this be? This was making it the second time that something like this had happened to the kids, although, the last time, they fell unconscious.The relief that Reese was already on his way to my house was a small comfort. We needed to get the kids to the hospital as quickly as possible. My mind raced with a thousand thoughts, all of them dark and twisted, coiling like vipers around my sanity.I hurried to carry Dave downstairs, his small body burning up against mine. Sweat coated his skin, and his fever was a raging fire I couldn’t put out.I placed him gently on the couch and ran to the kitchen, grabbing ice and wrapping it in a cloth. With shaky hands, I gently placed the cool ice wrapped in

REESEValeria had no choice but to move in with me. For the sake of the twins and their health, we had to be together.I knew it wasn’t what she wanted—probably the last thing on her mind. But we had no other choice. The witch had earlier warned us not to separate the kids again, but we did, and now we were paying for the consequences of our actions. Though I had tried to persuade her, times without a number to move in with Dave, she remained adamant, as pigheaded as ever. And I didn't want to force her.Their condition had worsened over the last few weeks, and the tension between us had reached a fever pitch. She still looked at me with that cold steel in her eyes, but I saw something else there, too—fear. Not of me, but of what she might lose if things continued down this path.Fortunately enough, as time went by, the twins’ condition improved. It wasn’t a miracle recovery, but it was progress. The fever remained, lingering stubbornly in their small bodies, but their breathing grew