The Heiress He UnderestimatedChapter 9
The Heiress He Underestimated
Chapter 9
FinishedThe silence in the lab after Drakonius left felt heavier than before. Elera stood for a long moment, just staring at the closed elevator doors. The air still carried the faint, clean scent of his cologne, a stark contrast to the sterile smell of antiseptic and cool metal that usually filled the space. She could still feel the ghost of his presence, a sort of charged emptiness that made the vast room feel suddenly small.Her eyes drifted to the array of samples she had taken from him. The vials of dark blood, the tissue samples, the data streams still flowing across her screens. This was no longer abstract. This was a man. A man who, despite his immense power and wealth, had sat in her chair and shown her his vulnerability. He had trusted her with the most intimate details of his body’s betrayal. The weight of that trust settled on her shoulders, both terrifying and exhilarating.
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