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Chapter 23

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CALISTA'S P.O.V.

It worked.

All day, I've been teasing Roman, pushing every one of his buttons. Hoping I'd get a reaction from him, or better still, a recreation of last night,

But this?

This wasn't what I was expecting.

The excitement buzzing under my skin the whole of today quickly curled into something deeper. Darker.

Fear.

The kind that sent tingles all over my skin and heat flooding between my legs.

Because Roman isn't reacting,

He's unleashing.

The man taking slow strides towards me isn't the same one who walked with me through Central Park. He's not the same person who danced with me at the club.

He's a beast prowling towards his prey.

A beast I unleashed.

“Now.”

I shivered under his arresting gaze. His pupils swallowed the amber of his eyes, leaving only the unmistakable heat.

He threw his belt on the floor, the sound making me flinch, his eyes pinned me to a spot.

My breast felt fuller, heavier, begging for what no vibrator could give me. Th
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