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Chapter sixty one: Her Reflection

Author: Bodypeng
last update Last Updated: 2025-06-19 13:15:56

Damian

I blinked.

Her voice was so soft, I almost convinced myself I imagined it.

“I liked it,” she’d said.

My mind staggered under the weight of it. Of all the things I thought she’d say, that wasn’t one of them. The words rang in my ears, bounced in my chest like something untamed—wild and beautiful and terrifying.

“I didn’t think you would,” I murmured, voice catching. I couldn’t bring myself to meet her eyes. “And you don’t have to say that just to soothe my ego, Alina.”

My throat tightened as I dragged a hand down my face, trying to gain control over my heartbeat. It didn’t work. I was flailing in a moment that was far too intimate, too vulnerable for the safe distance I usually kept between us. I didn’t mean to get carried away earlier—to lean in like that, to breathe her in like I couldn’t help myself. But I had. And the worst part? I hadn’t regretted it.

Now she was telling me she’d liked it.

I couldn’t understand her. And that scared me more than anything else.

“I came to apo
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