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CHAPTER 8
‘Sulking’?
He dared to think she was merely… sulking?
“I just don’t want to be in your life anymore, Adrastos! Can’t you see that I can’t stand being near you?”
Hating that she was revealing even this one small glimpse of vulnerability to him, Electa shot away from the desk.
“Your body sang a different tune a few minutes ago, moro mou. And, just so you know, you will be in my life again,” Adrastos returned, smooth as glass, “because your baby brother expects you to do whatever it is I want you to do.”
He was challenging her to deny it. To call his bluff. In one dark corner of her agonized feelings, Electa even suspected that he wanted her to w
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