His Rogue Luna is a Princess (Mia and Derek) novel Chapter 263

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Chapter 263

Chapter 263

DEREK

I didn’t move.

Didn’t nod. Didn’t speak.

I just stood there, letting her see it in my face. Because yeah–it was me.

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Every call, every closed–door meeting, every favor I cashed in to fast–track the permits they needed before anyone could find a reason to stall or block it. I’d done all of it. Quietly. Without asking for credit. Because it wasn’t about that.

It was about her.

And what she was building.

“I didn’t want credit,” I said. “I don’t need it.”

Jacob looked at me, dumbfounded. Finally, he shook his head, scoffed.

“Take the credit, man,” he said. “Take the win.”

I shook my head, a small, bitter smile tugging at my mouth.

“It wasn’t about taking credit. I just… I didn’t want to make it about me. This place, this foundation, it was Elena’s dream. Not mine.”

Jacob rolled his eyes and let out a low whistle. “Man. The two of you… you really are just alike.”

That made me blink. “What do you mean?”

Jacob gave Elena a look–one I couldn’t quite decipher, but she clearly could. Her head snapped toward him, her voice quick and sharp.

“Jacob, don’t-”

He ignored her. Still looking at me. “Neither of you wants to take credit for the big, important things.”

Elena went still, her spine locking up like someone had turned her to stone.

My stomach dropped. Whatever it was he was talking about, it was big.

I turned toward her. Something in her face–the tightness around her eyes, the way her mouth parted but no sound came out- looked familiar. It was the same look she’d had when I picked her up from Dr. Voss’s office. Like something was caught in her throat she didn’t know how to swallow.

“What do you mean?” I asked again, a little more firmly.

Jacob stepped back, hands up in mock surrender. “Elena. You have to tell him.”

“Tell me what?” I pressed, stepping in, my voice low, tight.

She didn’t answer.

Just stood there, staring at the floor like the truth was carved into the grain of the wood and she was trying to summon the nerve to speak it out loud. Her hands were clenched at her s sides. Her shoulders were rigid, braced as if she expected to be struck by

what she was about to say–or by how I might react.

“Did you remember something?” I asked, quieter this time. Steadier.

She nodded once, barely more than a twitch.

Her voice was almost a whisper. “I remembered everything.”

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The room tilted. My pulse kicked hard in my chest, thudding in my ears.

I’d waited months to hear her say those words. I should have felt relief.

But instead, all I felt was dread.

“Then what is it?” I asked. My voice didn’t sound like mine anymore. “What did you remember?”

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