Chapter 16: Cold War
The silence didn’t break gently. It shattered.
I was restocking the pastry case when the door opened with a sharp jingle. Something in me froze before I even looked up.
Alex.
He stepped into the café like he owned it — which, in a cruel twist of irony, he already did. He was my landlord. The man ...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1: The Bad News
2. Chapter 2: War Declared
3. Chapter 3: Lines in the Sand
4. Chapter 4: Stalemate, or So It Seems
5. Chapter 5: The Price of Coffee
6. Chapter 6: After Hours
7. Chapter 7: Sparks in the Quiet
8. Chapter 8: Tangled Wires
9. Chapter 9: Fault Lines
10. Chapter 10: Fractures
11. Chapter 11: Smoke and Mirrors
12. Chapter 12: The Space Between
13. Chapter 13: A Fragile Truce
14. Chapter 14: The Wrong Moment
15. Chapter 15: Silent as Stone
16. Chapter 16: Cold War
17. Chapter 17: Final Offer
18. Chapter 18: Breaking Point
19. Chapter 19: New Ground
20. Chapter 20: The First Real Test
21. Chapter 21: Blurred Lines
22. Chapter 22: The Fallout
23. Chapter 23: Aftermath
24. Chapter 24: A Shift in the Air
25. Chapter 25: Rumors
26. Chapter 26: Tremors Beneath
27. Chapter 27: Breaking the Silence
28. Chapter 28: Cafe Queen
29. Chapter 29: Spotlight
30. Chapter 30: Ashes of Loyalty
31. Chapter 31: The Arena
32. Chapter 32: Birthplace
33. Chapter 33: The Choice Between Heartbeats
34. Chapter 34: The Line Between Us
35. Chapter 35: Choices and Consequences
36. Chapter 36: Under Fire
37. Chapter 37: The Storm
38. Chapter 38: Breaking the Script
39. Chapter 39: Not a Performance
40. Chapter 40: The Truth
41. Chapter 41: What We Choose
42. Chapter 42: Cracks in the Glass
43. Chapter 43: White Knight Statement Maker
44. Chapter 44: Confessions
45. Chapter 45: The Morning After
46. Chapter 46: Paper and Intention
47. Chapter 47: In the Line of Fire
48. Chapter 48: The Edge of Silence
49. Chapter 49: Small Fires
50. Chapter 50: Sparks on Wet Street
51. Chapter 51: Sealing of Fate
52. Chapter 52: Ambush
53. Chapter 53: The Mob
54. Chapter 54: Phantom Sting
55. Chapter 55: Just the Two of Us
56. Chapter 56: Fragile Intimacy
57. Chapter 57: Desire and Defiance
58. Chapter 58: Tick Tock
59. Chapter 59: Closing In
60. Chapter 60: The Precinct
61. Chapter 61: Sweet Sensation
62. Chapter 62: Ashes and Resolve
63. Chapter 63: Fragments
64. Chapter 64: In the Wreckage
65. Chapter 65: Shards and Promises
66. Chapter 66: Evidence in Ink
67. Chapter 67: The Enemy Within
68. Chapter 68: My Life, My Decision, My Choice
69. Chapter 69: Picking Up the Pieces
70. Chapter 70: The Weight of Tomorrow
71. Chapter 71: Facing the Fire
72. Chapter 72: Waiting
73. Chapter 73: The Gavel's Echo
74. Chapter 74: Breathing Space
75. Chapter 75: The Next Shadow
76. Chapter 76: Familiar Rhythms
77. Chapter 77: The Silence
78. Chapter 78: A City that Sleeps
79. Chapter 79: Edges of my Dreams
80. Chapter 80: Silent Promise
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