Cassian:
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(7 hours earlier)
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I finish buttoning my shirt and slide my wristwatch on and step out.
Angel’s still fast asleep, tangled in the sheets, hair scattered over the pillow like spilled ink. Peaceful. Beautiful. Mine.
A part of me wants to crawl back into bed and hold her until she wakes up, pretending the world outside doesn’t exist.
But I can’t. Not today. Not when everything I’m about to do is for her, for our future.
I sit beside her, brushing my fingers down her cheek before leaning in to press a lingering kiss on her lips.
She stirs slightly, sighing softly.
That sound alone could make me stay.
I inhale her scent deeply, the only thing that keeps me sane.
“There is something urgent I need to take care of; be a good girl and wait for me.”
I leave a note on the
