VICKY’S POVFor a second, everything just… shrank. Like the whole damn world folded in on itself and left just me and him standin’ there.The restaurant, the people, David, the noise… all of it just disappeared. Gone.Like nothin’ else existed but him.And God help me, every filthy memory we ever had came rushin’ back all at once, hittin’ me so hard it almost knocked the air outta me.Heat curled low in my stomach, spread slow and settlin’ somewhere it had no business bein’.Shameless. Absolutely shameless.My gaze dipped without permission, draggin’ over his chest, the way it moved under his shirt, steady, controlled, like he wasn’t feelin’ this at all.He didn’t say a word. Just stood there starin’ with that same prideful, unreadable look on his face like he already knew exactly what he was doin’ to me.And for a second, I almost gave in to that stupid voice in my head whisperin’, kiss him, V.Yeah. That’s exactly what I needed. More bad decisions.“V, you okay?” Alaric’s voice cut
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