Semua Bab Tempting The Graves Brothers: Bab 51 - Bab 54

I couldn't have heard him right. In the entire ten years I had known Noah Wystan Graves, a genuine apology had never once crossed his lips. He was the guy who would rather watch the world burn than admit he was wrong. He was the boy who took pride in his sharp edges, using them to cut anyone who dared to get too close. Yet here he was, bleeding from a punch my boyfriend gave him, looking directly into my eyes and saying the one word I thought he didn't even know how to pronounce."I'm sorry," he repeated, his voice dropping even lower, laced with a raw honesty that sent a violent shiver straight down my spine. His fingers slid slightly down my wrist, his thumb brushing against my pulse point. "For what I said yesterday. I was... out of line, Khione."My brain struggled to process the shift, my eyes darting between his piercing gaze and the stark red stain on the gauze. I opened my mouth to speak, but the words died in my throat.Noah let out a slow, ragged breath, his chest rising a

There was a brief, agonizing pause, and my stomach twisted into a violent knot. I didn't have to see them to know what was happening. The quiet, lingering silence in the hallway told me everything. They were kissing. The thought of Noah—the guy who had just held my wrist with such raw, hidden intensity minutes ago—pressing his lips to hers made a hot wave of pure, toxic jealousy burn through my veins. It was sickening, and what made it worse was the heavy realization that she was the one pulling these gentle strings out of the ice king.A moment later, the sound of their footsteps approached the dining room. I quickly looked down at my textbook, pretending to be completely absorbed in a paragraph of Spanish text I couldn't actually read."Oh, hey Khi!" Peach’s bright voice cut through my thoughts as she walked into the room, leaning lightly against Noah’s side.Khi.I choked back a grimace, keeping my expression as flat and neutral as possible as I looked up. Urgh. She seriously nee