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Chapter 8 - The Taste of Trouble

Author: Anney GW
last update Last Updated: 2025-05-15 14:23:33

Amelia’s POV

I looked up into his eyes. They were as dark and endless as ever. A kind of hunger flickered there. Desire… but also something deeper. Something more dangerous.

Something like possession.

My pulse quickened.

"Listen, Rowan," I began, trying to keep my voice steady, "I appreciate your… interest, but you don’t know me. Last night—it didn’t mean anything. It was a mistake. Can we just move on?"

His expression shifted, barely. A twitch of the jaw. A narrowing of his eyes. He wasn’t used to being dismissed.

"What if I want to know you?" he breathed. "You intrigue me, Amelia."

I gave a dry laugh, trying to deflect the weight of his words. "Please. There must be a million intriguing women throwing themselves at you."

He didn’t deny it.

"I’m your nephew’s ex-fiancée," I went on, pressing the point. "That alone makes this—whatever this is—completely inappropriate. We should barely be acquaintances."

Rowan stepped in closer. The room suddenly felt smaller, tighter.

"Inappropriate?"
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