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Chapter eighteen: Crossing the invisible line

Author: Erotic_blonde
last update Last Updated: 2025-03-05 04:14:39

I had swore to avoid the devil's spawn on the reception, but then his hand was on my waist.

I sucked in a painful breath as I turned to face him, my heart beating hard against my ribs. I hadn’t even noticed when he had taken my hand, guiding me into the dance floor

“Relax,” Ethan murmured, his breath warm against my ear. “You’re acting like I’m about to eat you alive.”

I stiffened. “Aren’t you?”

His lips curved into a slow, cocky smirk. “Depends. Would you let me?”

My stomach clenched.

“And besides, I wouldn't do anything you didn't want me to do.”

I hated how he got under my skin so effortlessly, how his low taunting voice felt like it was undoing me from the inside out.

We moved in perfect sync, his fingers pressing just a little too firmly against my waist, his body too close, the space between us practically nonexistent.

“Come, let's dance.” How could I say no to a face like that?

Every brush of our bodies sent heat deep in my stomach, my breathing became uneven.

“Do you feel it,”
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