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Chapter 33: Keeping Her Incharge

ผู้เขียน: Ivy Walters
last update วันที่เผยแพร่: 2026-05-25 23:02:23

Mark POV

She thought she was in control.

Sitting on that bench in Lincoln Park, laying down her rules, her conditions, her boundaries like she was drawing lines in the sand.

No sex. No touching. No flirting.

I sat there and nodded. Agreed to every word. Smiled when she told me to stop smiling.

But here's the thing about lines in the sand.

The tide always comes in.

I drove back to my apartment after our conversation and tossed my keys on the counter. The place was too big for one person. Two bed
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