Dante POVThe sun was barely up, but the house already felt too small. I was heading toward the kitchen when a sound stopped me dead. It was Lily—laughing. It wasn’t the polite, forced laugh she gave me; it was bright, genuine, and intimate."Oh, Kelvin, stop it," she giggled through her bedroom door. "I’ve missed you too. I can't wait to feel your arms around me."Kelvin.The name tasted like ash in my mouth. I stood frozen in the hallway, my jaw tightening until it ached. I didn’t care who she talked to—at least, that’s what I told myself—but hearing her sound so happy, so open, with another man stirred a dark, possessive hunger in my gut. My mind flashed back to the previous night, the way her skin felt under my calloused palms and the way she had looked at me with such desperate, hungry eyes. I had pushed her away to maintain control, but hearing her give that affection to someone else felt like a physical blow.Instead of walking past her door and risking a confrontation that wou
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