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Chapter Ten

Author: Anney GW

Huling Na-update: 2025-03-05 14:53:34

Damien’s POV

“For fuck’s sakes, I said I’m not in the mood.”

I flung Vanessa’s hand away from me and got off the bed. She was getting on my nerves these days.

“Damien, come back.” She pleaded.

“If I only needed you for sex, I would have hired a high-class escort. Think hard about that. Although,” A leer curled my lips. “You’d fit the bill.”

I surveyed her body. She had dressed to kill, and it would have normally roused me. I was just too frustrated with her to be interested.

Her mouth fell open, color climbing up her neck and staining her face red. Then her face scrunched up, furious.

Vanessa grabbed a pillow and flung it with force. It flew past my head and thumped against the door behind me. She groaned and buried herself under the covers.

Buttoning my shirt, I stepped over the pillow and out the door.

I headed to Bonnie’s bedroom down the hall. It was late, but her light was still on. Vanessa was doing a poor job of following the schedule Celeste included in the notebook.

I snuck i

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