Chapter 115
Author: Purplescent
last update2026-01-25 22:19:30
Ari sat up slowly, her body still humming with the aftershock of everything that had just happened. Her dress was still on — technically — though it had been through an ordeal. She smoothed it down with both hands, a gesture that was more instinct than vanity, and looked at Xavier.

He had already straightened himself. Belt buckled, every external evidence of the last hour efficiently erased. He stood by the window with a cigarette between his fingers, the lighter still warm in his palm, looking
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