Chapter 224: Back from the dead

The night stretched quiet and heavy over the penthouse. Hours had passed since Dominic told Serena the truth about his father, and though the conversation had been intense, opening up old wounds, the silence that followed wasn’t tense. The storm had passed, leaving behind a fragile calm.

Both lay sprawled across the bed, the muted hum of the city filtering through the floor-to-ceiling windows.

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