Chapter 9 The Rainy Night
The silence of the loft was not a comfort; it was an accusation. My car door slammed shut, but the echo felt like a gunshot in the stagnant air of my private sanctuary.
I kicked off my heels and let them clatter somewhere into the shadows of the floorboards. I was vibrating with a cocktail of adren...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 The Ninety-Day Midnight
2. Chapter 2 The Art of Unrequited Things
3. Chapter 3 The Gilded Enemy
4. Chapter 4 The Public Image
5. Chapter 5 The Aftermath
6. Chapter 6 The Canvas
7. Chapter 7 Vanessa's Shadow
8. Chapter 8 The Engagement Shoot 
9. Chapter 9 The Rainy Night
10. Chapter 10 The Morning After
11. Chapter 11 The Sterling's Debt
12. Chapter 12 The Rival's Move
13. Chapter 13 Flashback 
14. Chapter 14 The Portrait Session
15. Chapter 15 The Off-Grid Escape 
16. Chapter 16 The Fatal Mistake 
17. Chapter 17 The morning after the blast 
18. Chapter 18 The Poisoned Sitting 
19. Chapter 19 Enter the threat 
20. Chapter 20 The Trap Snaps 
21. Chapter 21 The Execution (The Fake Breakup)
22. Chapter 22 The Aftermath and the Truth 
23. Chapter 23 Room 114 (The Rebellion Begins) 
24. Chapter 24 Stealth and Suspicion 
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