Chapter 22: Breaking Points
The days following the incident at Café Belle were excruciating for Eva. Every step she took felt heavy, weighed down by guilt and indecision. She was trapped in a whirlwind of emotions that had only intensified since Damien and Alex’s confrontation. The tension at the office was unbearable; Damien barely looked at her, and Alex kept his distance, though his eyes betrayed a longing for more than their current estrangement. Eva woke up on Monday morning feeling emotionally drained. She had hardly slept the past few nights, her mind replaying every detail of her last encounters with both men. The words they had said, the looks exchanged, the simmering anger—it was all too much. As she dressed for work, Eva couldn’t shake the memory of Damien’s hurt face, the way his vulnerability had slipp
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