Chapter 62 The Breaking Point

• The storm outside mirrored the one brewing inside. Thunder cracked through the sky, sharp and jarring, but Clara barely flinched. Her hands trembled as she stood in Ethan’s office, the weight of silence suffocating the space between them. He stood by the window, his back to her, the glow from the city casting shadows across his tense shoulders.
• “You’re shutting me out, and I won’t let you,” Clara snapped, her voice slicing through the heavy air.
• Ethan didn’t turn. “I’m trying to protect you.”