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Cephus’ POV

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Chapter 150

Cephus' POV

“That night he got me out of the basement, the night you came home with that girl,” Katie replies. Fire builds in her eyes when she says that girl. I want to tell her who Alessandra is, but I need to figure this whole Eli thing out first.

“What did he do to you?” I clench my teeth, not wanting to hear what he did. Her eyes glaze over, and it is as if she is reliving the whole scene.

Her body shakes as a single tear escapes her eye. Had I been that dark and uncaring that I hadn’t noticed someone who is mine, and mine alone, had been violated?

“He just wouldn’t leave me alone. He touched me and pushed me down on the stairs in the basement. He told me I was a distraction for you…” She sounds hurt as if she wants me to contradict what Eli said.

Except he is right, she is a distraction. She wove herself deep under my skin and somehow made her way into my black heart, causing it to beat again.

“Did he…?” I can’t even say it. If he touched her like that, my patience
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