Chapter 19 - Hard Truths
Lara watched me like I was a bomb about to go off.
I dropped onto her couch, curling my legs up beneath me, hugging a pillow to my chest.
I was tired.
Tired of running.
Tired of fighting.
Tired of pretending that this wasn’t killing me.
Lara poured me a drink and slid it across the table.
"Dr...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1: The One Who Never Left
2. Chapter 2: The One Who Stayed
3. Chapter 3: The Morning After
4. Chapter 4: The Echo of Him
5. Chapter 5: The Chain Between Us
6. Chapter 6: Unanswered, Unspoken
7. Chapter 7: Coming for Her!
8. Chapter 8- Her Undoing
9. Chapter 9 - Aftermath
10. Chapter 10- Walking Away
11. Chapter 11 - Her Scent
12. Chapter 12: A Confrontation
13. Chapter 13: Done Playing the Fool
14. Chapter 14 - The Bathroom Power Play
15. Chapter 15 - The Aftermath of Violence
16. Chapter 16 - The Breaking Point
17. Chapter 17 - Post-Sex Power Struggle
18. Chapter 18 - His Descent Into Obsession
19. Chapter 19 - Hard Truths
20. Chapter 20 - Running Away
21. Chapter 21 - Silence
22. Chapter 22 - He’s Gone
23. Chapter 23 - It Will Never Be Over
24. Chapter 24 - First Contact
25. Chapter 25 - The Wedding will Go On!
26. Chapter 26 - Fly to Her
27. Chapter 27 - What He does Best
28. Chapter 28 - Paranoia
29. Chapter 29 - His Descent
30. Chapter 30- The Alley Encounter
31. Chapter 31: The Moment He Walked Away
32. Chapter 32: The Wedding Day Confession
33. Chapter 33: The Wedding That Wasn't
34. Chapter 34: The Wedding Afterparty
35. Chapter 35: The Return Home
36. Chapter 36: The Return And The Mission
37. Chapter 37: The Infiltration
38. Chapter 38: The Mistake He Didn't Mean
39. Chapter 39: The Offer She Couldn't Ignore
40. Chapter 40: DC Arrival
41. Chapter 41: Seeing Nat Again
42. Chapter 42: Case Briefing
43. Chapter 43: Nat Arrival
44. Chapter 44: Cornered
45. Chapter 45: The Bar
46. Chapter 46 - The Collision
47. Chapter 47- The Night She Didn't Plan For
48. Chapter 48 - The Morning After
49. Chapter 49 - The Team Meeting
50. Chapter 50- The Flight to L.A.
51. Chapter 51 – The L.A. Move-In
52. Chapter 52- Two Days In
53. Chapter 53 - The New Household Dynamic
54. Chapter 54 - Lara’s Plan: Poking the Bear
55. Chapter 55 - The Breaking Point
56. Chapter 56 - The Breaking Point Deepens
57. Chapter 57 - The Restaurant Breakdown
58. Chapter 58 - The Reckoning
59. Chapter 59 - The Calm Before the Storm
60. Chapter 60 - The Threat Unfolds
61. Chapter 61 - The Safehouse Confrontation
62. Chapter 62 - The Safehouse Confession 2
63. Chapter 63 - The Kidnapping
64. Chapter 64 - The War Begins
65. Chapter 65 - The Hunt for Nat
66. Chapter 66 - Captive and Exposed
67. Chapter 67 - Nat’s Reckoning
68. Chapter 68 - The Fire That Burns to The Aftermath
69. Chapter 69 - Caught
70. Chapter 70 - The Hotel Escape to The Fear That Remains
71. Chapter 71 - Gift of Vengeance to The Aftermath
72. Chapter 72 - Falling Apart
73. Chapter 73- Giving in
74. Chapte 74– Domestic Bliss
75. Chapter 75 – Spa Day & First Date
76. Chapter 76 – Griffith Park & Marina
77. Chapter 77 - Building Something Real
78. Chapter 78 – The Cartel Case Resumes
79. Chapter 79- What Has Ginger Been Up To?
80. Chapter 80 The Kitchen Confrontation
81. Chapter 81- A whiskey Half Full
82. Chapter 82 - Drunk Invitation
83. Chapter 83- A rude awakening
84. Chapter 84- Dad Comes for a Visit
85. Chapter 85- Late
86. Chapter 86- A Ginger’s Retreat
87. Chapter 87- My Childhood Prison
88. Chapter 88- A Massive Loss
89. Chapter 89- Heart to Heart
90. Chapter 90- Prove It
91. Chapter 91- Who Says You Can't Go Home
92. Chapter 92- Whore
93. Chapter 93- Midwestern Wedding??
94. Chapter 94- Father of the Bride
95. Chapter 95- Stolen Bride
96. Chapter 96- The Bride Fights Back
97. Chapter 97 - Dream Wedding
98. Chapter 98- Wedding Night
99. Chapter 99- Vegas is Always a Good Idea
100. Chapter 100- A Night to Remember
101. Chapter 101 - The Hot Tub - Use the Blonde
102. Chapter 102- We Survived Our Wedding Night
103. Chapter 103 - Reality?
104. Chapter 104 - A New Kind of War
105. Chapter 105 - The Devil's Truce
106. Chapter 106 - Back to Work
107. Chapter 107 - Into the Field
108. Chapter 108 - The Kiss Heard Around the World
109. Chapter 109 - Cold War
110. Chapter 110 - Handling Nat
111. Chapter 111 - The Task Force and the Kiss
112. Chapter 112 - A Mother’s Visit
113. Chapter 113 - The Pregnancy Test Fiasco
114. Chapter 114 - Grandma’s Moving In
115. Chapter 115 - Unfinished Business
116. Chapter 116 - First Glimpse
117. Chapter 117 - A New Life
118. Chapter 118 - Coming Home
119. Chapter 119 - Silent Gestures
120. Chapter 120 - Conversations on Motherhood
121. Chapter 121 - Gone Without a Trace
122. Chapter 122 - The Desert Betrayal
123. Chapter 123 - Roman's Web
124. Chapter 124 - Nat's Defiance
125. Chapter 125 - Born in the Desert
126. Chapter 126 - Desert Dawn
127. Chapter 127 - Welcome Home
128. Chapter 128 - Balancing Acts
129. Chapter 129 - Boys’ Night and Buried Truths
130. Chapter 130 - Confrontation Behind Bars
131. Chapter 131 - Vacation?
132. Chapter 132 - Presidential Treatment
133. Chapter 133 - A Familiar Face
134. Chapter 134 - Between Friends
135. Chapter 135 - No Turning Back
136. Chapter 136 - Morning After
137. Chapter 137 - Debrief
138. Chapter 138 - Confrontation
139. Chapter 139 - Clearing the Air
140. Chapter 140 - After the Dust Settles
141. Chapter 141 - Crossing the Line
142. Chapter 142 - No Turning Back
143. Chapter 143 - Breaking Point
144. Chapter 144 - After the Storm
145. Chapter 145 - Uncharted Territory
146. Chapter 146 - The Disappearance
147. Chapter 147 - The Rescue
148. Chapter 148 - Twisted Realizations
149. Chapter 149 - The Breaking Point
150. Chapter 150 - Boundaries Shattered
151. Chapter 151 - The Morning After
152. Chapter 152 - Between Us
153. Chapter 153 - Sun, Sand, and Something More
154. Chapter 154 - Back to Reality
155. Chapter 155 - Rebuilding Us
156. Chapter 156: Slipping Through Fingers
157. Chapter 157: Breaking Point
158. Chapter 158: Into the Lion’s Den
159. Chapter 159: No Other Way
160. Chapter 160: Aftermath
161. Chapter 161: The Cage
162. Chapter 162: The Hunt
163. Chapter 163- The Long Game
164. Chapter 164: The Cost of Survival
165. Chapter 165: The Morning After
166. Chapter 166: A Show of Devotion
167. Chapter 167: Behind Closed Doors
168. Chapter 168: Unspoken Tensions
169. Chapter 169: Fractured Lines
170. Chapter 170: The Edge of Control
171. Chapter 171: Bound and Unraveled
172. Chapter 172: The Return
173. Chapter 173: Signed and Sealed
174. Chapter 174: A Step Behind
175. Chapter 175: The Breaking Point
176. Chapter 176: The Quiet Between Us
177. Chapter 177: The Ghost of Who I Was
178. Chapter 178: Slipping Away
179. Chapter 179: The Calm Before the Storm
180. Chapter 180: The Siege
181. Chapter 181: Hollow
182. Chapter 182: Silence and Shadows
183. Chapter 183: The First Words
184. Chapter 184: Letting Go
185. Chapter 185: Echoes of the Past
186. Chapter 186: Ghosts of the Past
187. Chapter 187: One Last Time
188. Chapter 188: The Last Night
189. Chapter 189: The Morning After
190. Chapter 190: A Quiet Existence
191. Chapter 191: Letting Go
192. Chapter 192: Ghosts of the Living
193. Chapter 193: A War Still Unfinished
194. Chapter 194: A Choice Unspoken
195. Chapter 195: Brothers in War
196. Chapter 196: A Love Undefined
197. Chapter 197: The Night Before the Storm
198. Chapter 198: The War Begins
199. Chapter 199: The Fall of Elias Carter
200. Chapter 200: The Aftermath
201. Chapter 201: Homecoming
202. Chapter 202: A Full House
203. Chapter 203: One Month Later
204. Chapter 204: The Next Chapter
205. Chapter 205: One
206. Chapter 206: The Morning After
207. Chapter 207: Grace’s Second Birthday
208. Chapter 208: Forever and Always
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