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    He took a steadying breath. His voice deepened with emotion. “I love you. Not because I want you hidden under my wings—but because I want to stand beside you, shoulder to shoulder. Ste… will you give me another chance?”


    Ste lowered her gaze to their entwined fingers. Her voice was gentle when she spoke. “When I first learned you were once involved with Erebus,” she said, “what hurt most wasn’t the lie. It was the feeling that everything between us had been built on a lie.”


    “It wasn’t,” William said instantly, almost desperately. His affection for her was never about Erebus or any benefit; it was pure and genuine.


    She squeezed his hand. “I know now. Your feelings for me were real. You had already left the organization long ago. You didn’t even know about my mother’s connection to it.”


    Her tone softened further. “I forgive you—not because your reasons justify what you did. But because I still love you. And I believe you love me too.”


    In a world where true love was a rare gem, why not seize the chance to be together if destiny granted them that?


    William’s eyes glimmered with a mix of disbelief and hope. “You truly forgive me? Does that mean we…”


    Ste’s lips curved into a small smile. “We can start over. But this time, William Briggs, you don’t get to fight alone. No more secrets. No more shutting me out. Whatever happens—we face it together. If you can promise that, then yes… we can be together again.”


    “I promise.” His reply came swift and sure, each wordced with determination. “From this moment forward, there won’t be a single secret in my life. Everything will be open to you.”


    A yful glint appeared in Ste’s eyes as the tension eased. “Then tell me something,” she said softly. “How did you fall in love with me in the first ce?”


    She had always wondered—especially given how indifferent, how distant he had been when they first met.


    Williamughed quietly, his gaze melting with warmth. “When I first saw you,” he said, “yes—I thought you were beautiful. But after that? Every time I saw you, you shattered another expectation. Your brilliance, your fire, the way you walked into a room and outshone everyone without even trying—I couldn’t look away. Falling for you wasn’t a decision. It just… happened.”


    No grand beginning. Just inevitability.


    All he knew was that he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her, never apart.


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    After dinner, they stepped onto the balcony together. The city stretched beneath them, awash in shimmering lights like stars fallen to earth.


    William stood behind Ste, wrapping his arms around her waist. He lowered his chin to rest gently on her head, savoring theforting closeness between them.


    A shooting star carved a brilliant path across the sky. Ste lifted her eyes, and her adoptive mother’s words echoed in her mind: “True love is like quantum entanglement. Even separated by gxies, it still responds in perfect sync.”


    Maybe that was why she and William had been drawn to the same pursuit, the same ideals. They had always been moving toward the same destiny.


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