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CHAPTER 13 —Burning Truths Between Us

Autor: Trudy
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LAYLA’S POV

He noticed the way I shifted in my chair, the way my thighs pressed together, but he pretended not to. He kept eating, calm and collected, as if he wasn’t the reason my body was on fire. I forced myself to eat until I was full, anything to distract myself from the hunger twisting in my stomach that had nothing to do with the food.

When he finished, he called the waitress for the bill with that clipped, quiet authority that made her blush. Then he stood and guided me out of the restaurant, his hand hovering at my waist but not touching, which somehow made the ache worse. His eyes said everything his mouth refused to speak—lust, possession, desire so thick it scraped against my skin—but he stayed silent. The restraint alone made me even hornier, like he enjoyed watching me fall apart without lifting a finger.

We reached the car. He opened the door, waited for me to settle in, then walked around to the driver’s side. The moment he got in and shut the door, the silence became
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