Chapter 9: Curious Flames
(Eden’s POV)
That night, the house was quiet.
Harper had gone to bed hours ago, wedding magazines sprawled across her comforter like battlefield debris. I’d claimed the guest room again, showered the day away, and curled beneath the crisp sheets with my phone in hand—screen still black.
No reply....
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1: The Dream That Stayed
2. Chapter 2: Exit Strategy
3. Chapter 3: Smoke & Shadows
4. Chapter 4: Smoke, Laughter, and That Summer
5. Chapter 5: Never Have I Ever
6. Chapter 6: A Blur, A Fall, A Message
7. Chapter 7: Champagne, Tulle, and Secrets
8. Chapter 8: Tension in the Bakery
9. Chapter 9: Curious Flames
10. Chapter 10: The Island Invitation
11. Chapter 11: The Diary of Desire
12. Chapter 12: Boarding, Baggage, and Bitches
13. Chapter 13: The Heat Between the Pages
14. Chapter 14: Floors Between Us
15. Chapter 15: The Voice in the Dark
16. Chapter 16: Red Hot & Rising
17. Chapter 17: Kiss the Flame
18. Chapter 18: Burned Into the Breeze
19. Chapter 19: The Unraveling
20. Chapter 20: Burn It Down, Baby
21. Chapter 21: Beach Heat
22. Chapter 22: Don’t Look at Me Like That
23. Chapter 23: Hook, Line, and Suspicion
24. Chapter 24: Eyes on Me
25. Chapter 25: Something’s Missing
26. Chapter 26: Promises and Uninvited Guests
27. Chapter 27: Tonight Is the Night
28. Chapter 28: Wedding Bells & Broken Noses
29. Chapter 29: The Quiet Ones Always Surprise You
30. Chapter 30: Garden of Secrets
31. Chapter 31: The Edge of Everything
32. Chapter 32: The Things We Run From
33. Chapter 33: The Wait Ends
34. Chapter 34: The Penthouse Invitation
35. Chapter 35: A Night to Remember
36. Chapter 36: The Slow Burn
37. Chapter 37: Tasting Desire
38. Chapter 38: The First Time
39. Chapter 39: The One Night Lie
40. Chapter 40: Taking My Place
41. Chapter 41: Morning Light and Gentle Goodbyes
42. Chapter 42: Not Just One Night
43. Chapter 43: Collision Course
44. Chapter 43: No Place to Hide
45. Chapter 44 – Messages & Mixed Signals
46. Chapter 45 – The Morning After
47. Chapter 46: Lunch Hour Confessions
48. Chapter 47: Under the Microscope
49. Chapter 48: No More Hiding
50. Chapter 49: Fogged Glass
51. Chapter 50: Permission & Confessions
52. Chapter 51: Crossroads
53. Chapter 52: The Courtship
54. Chapter 52: The Gift of Surrender
55. Chapter 53: Into the Unknown
56. Chapter 54: Under City Lights
57. Chapter 55: Rooftop Devotion
58. Chapter 56: The Wrong Kind of Attention
59. Chapter 57 : Unsettled
60. Chapter 58: Shadows in the Background
61. Chapter 59: A Night Out
62. Chapter 60: Secrets and Stress
63. Chapter 61: Silence
64. Chapter 62: Date Night
65. Chapter 63: Morning Light
66. Chapter 64: Lazy Brunch & Weekend Plans
67. Chapter 65: Welcome Home
68. Chapter 66: Yours, Completely
69. Chapter 67: Unannounced Guests
70. Chapter 68: Bagels, Wine, and Wild Hearts
71. Chapter 69: Plans Over Pancakes
72. Chapter 70: Shopping, Stares, and Subtle Promises
73. Chapter 71: Lipstick, Laughter, and Lingering Shadows
74. Chapter 72 – Note in the Boutique
75. Chapter 73: Night With the Twins
76. Chapter 74: The Text
77. Chapter 75-His Claim
78. Chapter 76: Shattered Calm
79. Chapter 77: Unwelcome Eyes
80. Chapter 78 – Hotel Morning
81. Chapter 79 – Luca’s Plan
82. Chapter 80 – The Edge of the Net
83. Chapter 81 – The Space Between Heartbeats
84. Chapter 82 – Watching You
85. Chapter 83 – No More Fear
86. Chapter 84 – Shifting Shadows
87. Chapter 85 – The Last Normal Day
88. Chapter 86 – Taken
89. Chapter 87 - Cold Chains
90. Chapter 88 – Missing
91. Chapter 89 – Fracture Lines
92. Chapter 90 – Harper’s Warning
93. Chapter 91 – Captive Months
94. Chapter 92 – Breaking Points
95. Chapter 93 – The Breakthrough
96. Chapter 94 – The Rescue
97. Chapter 95 – Aftermath & Reunion
98. Chapter 96 – First Hearing
99. Chapter 97 – Aftermath of the Hearing
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