Desired by All and He Threw Away 93

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Chapter 93 

Taylor pov 

1 step into the living room to see if Aiden is ready for the event but somehow i still feeling the weight of yesterday pressing into my chest.,it is like someone pressed a thumb right into the center of my ribs and hasnt 

let go., 

the air smells faintly of coffee and polished wood but it doesnt soothe.it only reminds me that nothing feels right not the room not him not the tension curling under my skin. 

Aiden is already dressed for the community event a casual yet carefully chosen outfit that somehow manages to look effortless and rich at the same time.his shirt is crisp buttons fastened just so sleeves rolled neatly to reveal the line of his forearm., 

he fusses with the last button at the cuff straightening it with a careful motion like every detail matters even the smallest imperfection is unacceptable, when he finally looks up there is a flicker in his eyes something so soft, 

Something almost like relief. It disappears before I can fully catch it. 

“About what you said,” he starts, voice clipped and steady, the sort of tone that tries too hard to sound neutral.” You can’t quit right now. I need you. The team needs you. You’re the only one who can keep things running. 

Because that Vanessa girl… she doesn’t know what she’s doing.” 

The words land like polished steel, precise and controlled.yet beneath the professional rhythm there is a pulse something unspoken. something fragile. he doesnt want to say it plainly doesnt dare let vulnerability slip through. 

And maybe I catch it.maybe i feel it in the way his jaw tightens just slightly in the way the corners of his eyes soften for a fraction of a second before he steels himself again. 

he clears his throat. “If Ruby is the issue, bring her here. She can stay in the city with us. Problem solved.” 

i inhale slowly letting the air fill my lungs like a fragile shield.there it is again:a truth wrapped in a command. A half–admission.he cant say it straight so he hides it behind a plan a solution.but the words make the room feel 

colder. 

like my value is measured by my usefulness not by presence not by trust not by connection. 

“thats… not why i made the decision,” i say quietly almost under my breath. 

he doesnt answer immediately.his jaw shifts once a muscle ticking as if hes biting back something real.i catch a flicker in his eyes again just a hint of whatever hes hiding but it fades too quickly to read.pride sits between us like an invisible wall heavy and unyielding. 

(( so youre staying,” he says more statement than question.his words hang in the air taut,unfinished. “after the community event i will give you my answer. But if my answer is no… I’d still help when you call. I meant that.” 

the steady cadence of his voice should comfort me but it doesnt.my ribs feel tight constricting as if they are trying to collapse around my heart.the room is quiet aside from the soft scrape of paper he returns to but every breath feels like it carries the weight of things left unsaid. 

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he watches me carefully like he is trying to solve a problem that doesnt appear on any page he’s holding his eyes study measure probe. Then he nods once, short, distant, and goes back to his notes. 

Dismissal. Quiet but sharp. 

The tiny hope I hadn’t realized I was holding slips away so fast it almost stings. The version of him I saw yesterday–the one who softened, who listened, who understood–feels out of reach.gone behind a veneer of control professionalism and restraint. 

i remind myself who i am in his world:his physical therapist. His fake girlfriend. Not someone he’d ask to stay for any reason that isn’t tied to his career or convenience. 

I swallow hard. “I’ll grab my purse.” 

He gives a faint nod without looking up. “We need to leave in ten.” 

the word we should feel reassuring.but it does not.yesterday Packing feels like moving through a fog, clothescharger notebook everything slides into my bag with mechanical precision no thought no emotion.. 

my chest still tightens when i zip it closed,.i leave it on the bed for when i return from the event the strap dangling off the bed like a tether im not ready to cut. 

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