ZULEIKA’S POVThe kiss had lasted for barely a minute.Almost sixty seconds of heat, confusion, and everything I didn’t want to feel.The moment my brain caught up with what was happening, I pulled back fast—heart hammering, breath ragged—and slapped Lavin across the face.Hard.The sound echoed inside the sports lodge, loud and sharp. Silence followed, thick and suffocating.His head turned slightly with the force of it. A red mark bloomed across his cheek. I stepped back, my chest rising and falling too quickly, lips parted in disbelief.I couldn’t stop staring at him—waiting for him to flinch, react, shout.Anything.But Lavin didn’t say a word.Just stood there, unreadable, like the slap hadn’t even phased him.“You don’t get to do that,” I hissed, scrubbing at my lips with the back of my hand like they burned.“Don’t you ever come near me again.” I flicked my middle finger in his face, a weak attempt to hold my ground.Still nothing. No smirk. No anger. Just that damn stare. The o
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