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The moment Alan stepped into the room, his deep green eyes locked onto mine, and I could finally breathe again.
Relief crashed over me like a wave, drowning out the lingering tension in my chest. He was here. And—more than that—he was smiling. A real, earnest smile. Not the usual smug smirk, not the sharp-edged grin of a predator, but something softer. Something that sent a warm shiver down my spine.
It was unfair how good he looked like that.
“You’re awake jewel” he whispered in his deep sexy voice.
I barely had time to process the flutter in my stomach before a movement in the doorway caught my attention.
And my body reacted before my brain could catch up.
Muscles tensed. My fingers twitched. Autumn growled in the back of my mind, pressing against the edges of my control
