Chapter 32: The Panic You Can't Say Out Loud
Harper's POV
The words were out before I could stop them.
I had a dozen things I'd meant to say, and instead I led with my defenses up. My fingers tightened around the paper bag until it crinkled — I hadn't even noticed I was gripping it that hard.
Clay didn't answer right away. He just looked at...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1: A Ruined Party
2. Chapter 2: An Unexpected Night
3. Chapter 3: Chance Encounter
4. Chapter 4: A New Name
5. Chapter 5: The Argument
6. Chapter 6: The Broken Shop
7. Chapter 7: The Turn
8. Chapter 8: The Ones Who Came to Watch
9. Chapter 9: The Proposal
10. Chapter 10: The Terms of a Nameless Man
11. Chapter 11: A Name That Wasn't His
12. Chapter 12: The Hurried Wedding
13. Chapter 13: One Wedding, Two Ledgers
14. Chapter 14: The Uninvited Guest
15. Chapter 15: The Other Side of Him
16. Chapter 16: The Blank Line
17. Chapter 17: Just Say It
18. Chapter 18: A Breath Beneath the Oak Shadow, and the Undercurrent
19. Chapter 19: The Damp Ledger and the Unfinished Puzzle
20. Chapter 20: The Empty Chair and the Second Resignation
21. Chapter 21: Persons of Interest
22. Chapter 22: By His Own Measure
23. Chapter 23: The Test Run
24. Chapter 24: The Solution
25. Chapter 25: Empty Shop, Empty Cup
26. Chapter 26: The Feeling I Can't Suppress
27. Chapter 27: The Night That Undid Me
28. Chapter 28: An Unexpected Visitor
29. Chapter 29: Drunk Words and Locked Doors
30. Chapter 30: The Man in the Photo
31. Chapter 31: Reasons
32. Chapter 32: The Panic You Can't Say Out Loud
33. Chapter 33: Cold Pieces of a Puzzle
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