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Chapter 22

Author: Maya Adams
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Lilith POV

I avoided the living room like it was cursed. After what happened last night, I am certain that I don't have the courage to look at Nolan without my body reminding me of that awkward, heat filled moment in my room. Every time I closed my eyes, all I saw was a picture of his face equally startled and breathless and I just wanted to bury myself alive.

So, I did the what was the best thing, I hid.

It was almost noon when Cassian barged into my room without even knocking, his usual annoying grin plastered all over his face.

“Up, sunshine. Family meeting,” he said, tossing aside the comforter that was covering me.

“I am not hungry Cassian,” I mumbled, pulling the cover over me.

“I’m not asking if you are hungry,” he said, snatching the cover away. “I said family meeting.”

“Cassian….”

“Now.”

Cassian was annoyingly good at being persuasive, mostly because he never gave you room to argue. By the time I got downstairs, he had already set up the table, Nolan sitting at the other end,
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