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Chapter 27 - The girl who trusted the wrong man

Author: FioreSelvatico
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Derek’s hands felt too good on my body. It’s like they were made for this,for holding my waist, skimming the dip of my back, tracing lazy circles against my spine like he already knew how I liked to be touched. Like his skin remembered mine from a life I never agreed to live. Every time he reached for me, something inside me twisted. Not in fear. Not in dread. In want. That hot, terrible kind of want that curls low in your stomach and steals your breath. His fingers didn’t wander aimlessly, they belonged. As if no matter where he placed them, they fit in like a perfect peace of a fucking puzzle.

My brain? My brain hates him. Hates his last name, hates family, but my body…My body lights up under his touch like it’s waiting for a spark only he can deliver. And I hate that more than anything. Because I’m not supposed to want this. I’m not supposed to want him. And the worst part? The more I tell myself it’s just strategy, just chemistry, just part of the game, I start to wonder if I’m the
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