CHAPTER 5 – The Distance Between Hearts
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A week had passed since that snowy afternoon in Geneva.
Amelia had returned to her family’s estate—a world of marble halls and silent servants, where emotions were meant to be hidden behind etiquette and duty.
Yet she couldn’t forget him.
The image of that calm soldier, walking away under falling snow, lingered in her mind like a shadow she couldn’t escape.
“Miss Amelia,” her father’s secretary said, bowing slightly, “your fiancé, Lord Vincent, has arrived.”
Amelia forced a polite smile. “Please tell him I’m not feeling well.”
The man hesitated. “Sir Laurent may not be pleased—”
“I said I’m not feeling well.” Her voice was sharp, ending the conversation.
As the door closed, she sat by the window, watching the gray clouds. She didn’t know his full name, his country, or even where he was now—but her heart refused to let go.
Later that night, she opened her laptop, searching for any trace of Captain Liam Tran, UN Peacekeeper. But there was nothing. Classified. Hidden. Gone.
“Who are you really?” she whispered to the empty room.
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Half a world away, Liam sat inside a dim barracks tent, the sound of gunfire echoing faintly in the distance.
His team had been deployed to a new conflict zone. The peace they had briefly tasted in Europe was now a memory.
“Captain, you okay?” Javier asked quietly.
Liam nodded. “Just thinking.”
“About her?”
Liam didn’t answer. He simply looked out toward the horizon, where the sunset bled into the sand.
For a man trained to fight and survive, emotions were dangerous.
And yet… she lingered in his thoughts more than any battle ever could.
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