A kiss that breaks the rules
The crackling of the fire had softened into a low, steady whisper, the flames shrinking as the logs surrendered to embers. Outside, the city seemed to exhale with the night. Towers that had glimmered like constellations now dulled into distant points of light, as if even the metropolis had decided to look away. Inside the penthouse, however, the air grew heavier with every passing second, dense with things neither of them had dared to say aloud.
Emilia was still there.
Adrian hadn’t moved either.
His arm rested around her shoulders, not possessive, not quite protective—just present. It was a quiet weight she had become acutely aware of, the way one becomes aware of their own breathing in a silent room. Her head leaned against his shoulder, fitting there wi
