Seducing My Married Young Master

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ands pressed against my face, waiting for the

a Will

terthought. I stood slowly, every bone in my body feeling the weight

a small, faded backpack. I took it, fingers brushing against

nt, like a faint memory. Outside, people were gathered, anxious and hopeful as they awaited thei

ng lot, a single word pulsed in

beside me. Caroline's face peered through the window, her eyes softening as she sa

ed her arms around me, her hug so

she asked, her voice f

ng a small smile. "You're

hind me, and the outside world was overwhelming, surreal-almost too real. I let my eyes drift out the window, tak

old neighbourhood, I finally br

tighter. "Elena... are you

I cut her off,

ing on her bag before she pulle

ready knowing what i

leaving no room for argument. "I don't

ntly, the weight of it more

o thank me," she

n so well. But now, they felt haunted, memories clinging to each corner. My eyes stung as

'd been here so often with my mother, back when the world was simple, back when I was

ts. I looked up, startled. A little boy stood in front of me, his

have been much younger than my son would've been-

d, he jolted me awake from my deep tho

almost trembling as I opened the

ed out, and the boy's eyes widened. He clasped a h

woman's face as she saw him. "Oh, thank goodness," she exh

rp look at the woman. "You'd better keep a closer e

heard that name before... and

s turned to me as if I didn't exist. But someth

after them. "He f

face-it wasn't unfamiliar. I'd seen him before. Not a

following the woman and Noah, leaving me with th

swing, the wind co