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Mirabella
My heart drummed as I strolled down the hallway onto the outside pavement. I stilled and straightened myself when I saw Cole's car parked right outside the building. Even from afar, I could feel his gaze stripping me as I approached. It was a lingering, intense look typical of Cole. Normally, it would not bother me, but something else was eating deep into my soul.
Cole leaned over to the passenger side and, before I could reach the handle, he had already opened it for me. “Thanks,” I murmured, pressing a thin lined smile.
“Of course. Anything for my lady.”
I shut the door as he clicked the central lock and revived the engine, though not without giving me that small, genuine grin I had grown accustomed to over the past few years and had come to love.
As his hands moved,
