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Author: Luna mirazzz
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Chapter 18

The Line Between Want and Regret

Clarissa’s POV

It was supposed to be a joke.

I had meant it as a silly, teasing jab, not something to set my whole world on fire.

I was only playing. Only trying to get under Damien’s skin by saying I’d show him the “real thing” if he deleted the photo.

The next thing I knew, it was as if some invisible force had locked us together. A spark, no, an electric shock, jumped between us, and I felt myself being pulled toward him like a magnet.

It happened so fast, too fast for my brain to register the details. One second, his eyes were on mine, dark and unreadable. The next, his hand was wrapped firmly around my wrist, the heat of his grip sending a rush of warmth through my entire body.

Then his lips were on my neck.

I froze, my breath hitching sharply. The first brush of his mouth against my skin sent a shiver racing down my spine. His lips lingered, soft but deliberate, like he was claiming each inch of me. My fingers clenched involuntarily, d
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