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Chapter 12

Author: A. Leilani
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Chapter 12: The Bedroom Change

CELESTE

With Dmitri gone and it being way past my bedtime. I decided to head into my suite that was located on the opposite end of the hallway from Xenois's master bedroom, my mind still going over everything that had happened.

I pushed open the bedroom door and froze at the doorway blinking my eyes repeatedly as I couldn't believe what I was seeing.

I had to rub them to make sure that I wasn't dreaming because what the fuck was happening here.

Xenois was lying on my bed, his back propped against the pillows, wearing only a pair of black shorts. His chest was bare, and he still has his bandage wrapped around his dark hair, and he was looking at me with such open desire and hunger in his eyes that my breath got caught in my throat.

"What are you doing here?" I managed to ask after recollecting myself as I made the way inside and gently closed the door. No way was I going to show him that I was a bit unnerved by him here. He was the one trespassing in he
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