Chapter 42 Broken Chains

• Jeremy POV
• I arrived at the office with the taste of her still on my lips. Rachel. She filled every corner of my mind—the sound of her laughter, the teasing glances that seemed to unravel me, her body gliding through the water of our private pool. The entire weekend with her had been like a dream I refused to wake from.
• Every touch, every shared word, every quiet moment had been a promise of something bigger, something I never thought I deserved. The peace I found in her arms was unlike anything I’d ever felt—not just desire, but a deep, visceral need to have her close, to build something real, eternal. I wanted everything with Rachel: today, tomorrow, and every day after that.