Lucian
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I wasn’t home.
I was at a business associate’s place for a meeting, but my mind was elsewhere. Completely lost in thought.
Mara.
I had decided to act like what happened between us was nothing. That was the only way to keep things from getting complicated.
I didn’t want it to affect her.
She was young, with her whole life ahead of her. And me? I didn’t know how to love. I didn’t even want to try. I wasn’t the kind of man who gave women fairytales. I took what I wanted and left. That was how it had always been.
But this was different.
Mara was different.
And that was dangerous.
I was still lost in thought when someone called my name.
"Lucian."
I didn’t react.
"Lucian."
This time, the voice was sharper.
I blinked, snapping out of my thoughts, and turned my gaze
