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Hadley POV

“What?” I breathed, eyes wide like he’d just asked me to move to Mars with him.

“Move in with me,” Maddox repeated, and his eyes didn’t blink. Didn’t flinch. Like he needed me to see how serious he was.

My throat tightened.

“No.” The word came out quiet, shaky.

I stood up too fast, panic spiking, and started pacing like moving my feet would help my brain catch up.

“I… I can’t.”

“Why?” h