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CHAPTER 119
~Ella's POV~
—Evening, Ella's Apartment—
The soft hum of the air conditioner filled the room as I lay tangled in the sheets with Styles.
My body was still tingled from the intensity of our earlier lovemaking session, my heart pounding just a little faster than usual.
Styles shifted beside me, his arm lazily draped across my waist as he traced circles on my bare skin. I turned to look at him, his chiselled features illuminated by the faint glow of the bedside lamp.
It was strange—this growing attachment to him. What had started as something casual, light, and unburdened had quickly become something... else.
I wasn't ready to name it, not yet, but it scared me how much I craved his presence.
"You're quiet," Styles murmured, his voice husky from exhaustion. "Lost in thought?"
