Marcel I watched her swallow, her delicate throat working in a way that made my chest tighten with a sudden, sharp possessiveness.Aria sat there on the edge of the leather, drowning in the heavy cotton of my shirt, her legs tucked tightly under her as if she could physically hide the raw vulnerability etched into every line of her frame.But she couldn't hide from me, not after tonight, and certainly not after the way she had looked at me in the car.The air in the penthouse hummed with a low-frequency vibration of unspoken promises, the kind of heavy, jagged tension that could shatter both of us into a thousand pieces if we weren't careful.“Good to know,” I said, my voice coming out rougher and more gravelly than I had intended it to be.I stood up, the movement slow and predatory, and extended my hand toward her in the dim light.She hesitated for a fraction of a second, her eyes flicking up to mine—wide, uncertain, but laced with that same defiant fire I’d glimpsed through the g
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