Chapter Eleven – The First Kiss
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Adrian’s POV
The office was silent except for the soft hum of the city outside. The crisis was over, but the adrenaline still pulsed through my veins.
Elena was standing by the window, looking out at the lights below, her hair catching the glow like a halo.
I should have turned away, kept things professional. But something inside me refused.
“Stay,” I said, voice low.
She didn’t turn, but I saw the way her shoulders tensed.
I stepped closer, close enough to feel the warmth radiating off her. “Elena.”
She finally looked at me, eyes wide—part surprise, part something deeper I couldn’t name.
No more games. No more distance.
I reached out, brushing a stray lock of hair behind her ear. The heat between us is undeniable now.
When our lips met, it was slow and searching at first—like we were testing the boundaries of something new and fragile.
But then it deepened, hunger breaking through the restraint, a fierce need that had been simmering under the surface since the moment I’d met her.
She tasted like hope, like danger, like everything I’d been trying to keep at bay.
When we finally pulled apart, her breath was ragged, and so was mine.
“I’ve wanted to do that since day one,” I confessed, my voice rough.
Her smile was soft, vulnerable. “Me too.”
And for the first time, I didn’t want to hide who I was.
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