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\u201cI don\u2019t care whose idea it was,\u201d Nolan said, his deep voice thick with emotion. \u201cI care that you left. I thought you were dead, Ellie. You didn\u2019t even-you could have let me know. Just once. You could have let me know you were alive. I\u2019ve been searching for nearly a year.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d My voice shook. \u201cI\u2019m sorry for keeping things from you, Nolan, but-\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBut you didn\u2019t feel safe. And you didn\u2019t trust me.\u201d His voice dropped low.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s right,\u201d I said steadily, even as my hands trembled.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He drew in a long breath, then exhaled heavily. \u201cThen I suppose I\u2019ve no one to blame but myself. I\u2019m the one who broke your trust. But Cassian\u2026\u201d His gaze cut sideways, sharp as a blade. \u201cCassian has broken our alliance.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The words seemed to hang in the air. The weight of them pressed down on me\u2013I hadn\u2019t even considered the political implications. Hiding me like this was a violation. And judging from Cassian\u2019s grim expression, he knew\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYes,\u201d Cassian said after a beat. His tone was steady. \u201cYes, I violated the alliance. And I\u2019d do it again. Under these circumstances, it was the only honorable choice.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cCassian,\u201d I whispered, shocked.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Nolan stepped forward, not overtly threatening, but intense. His eyes bored into Cassian\u2019s as he looked down at him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy do you feel so strongly about my wife?\u201d he asked, voice low.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is no concern of yours,\u201d Cassian replied, almost eerily calm in the face of Nolan\u2019s intensity.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNolan, please.\u201d I caught his wrist. The touch sparked through me like a jolt, the familiar, undeniable pull that had always existed between us.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I hadn\u2019t felt it like this in years, and it seemed to freeze Nolan and me to the spot as we both processed it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It wasn\u2019t just warmth-it was pull. The mate bond, raw and insistent, thrummed between us as if the months apart had only stretched it thinner, making it snap back even harder now.\u00a0<\/p>\n
My pulse raced in sync with his, the familiar rhythm I had nearly forgotten but could never truly lose, no matter how hard I tried to ignore it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Nolan froze. His storm-grey eyes snapped down to where my hand gripped his wrist, then back to me. His entire body went rigid, his breath caught in his throat, and I knew-he felt it too.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re coming home with me,\u201d he said firmly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I shook my head. I can\u2019t. Not with the babies. But I couldn\u2019t explain-not yet. Not when I couldn\u2019t guarantee their safety if anyone knew.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can\u2019t have this conversation here,\u201d Cassian cut in, breaking the tension. He stepped closer, resting a steadying hand on my shoulder. \u201cLet\u2019s go inside. We\u2019ll use one of the hospital conference rooms.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI won\u2019t be deterred from this,\u201d Nolan growled.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is not a conversation we can have on the sidewalk,\u201d Cassian said sternly. \u201cThere are private matters at stake. We don\u2019t want the public catching wind of this. Even if Moonstone\u2019s press isn\u2019t as vicious as Silver Fang\u2019s, it\u2019ll still be a disaster if anyone overhears.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Nolan\u2019s jaw clenched. He glanced back at me, searching my face, then finally gave a stiff nod and released his grip.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cFine,\u201d he said coldly. \u201cWe\u2019ll discuss this inside.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He didn\u2019t take his eyes off me as Cassian led us inside. My fingers were still tingling from the brief contact between us as we entered the cool, sterile hospital.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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A Cold Marriage That Turned Warm 91 Chapter 91\u00a0 \u201cI don\u2019t care whose idea it was,\u201d Nolan said, his deep […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-unremembered-mate-novel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23660\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}