Chapter 2: The Stranger's OfferI couldn’t stop shaking.Not just from the cold that clung to my soaked dress, but from the adrenaline still crashing through my veins. Alex was still fussing over Bianca a few feet away, his voice low and soothing, like she was the only person who mattered. Guests whispered behind their phones. The rooftop party meant to celebrate his promotion had become my public humiliation.And the man beside me hadn’t moved an inch.His hand stayed on my back warm, steady, anchoring me while the rest of the world tilted. Up close, he was overwhelming. Tall, broad-shouldered, with sharp features carved from marble and shadow. Dark hair slicked back from the water, a few strands falling across his forehead. His expensive black shirt clung to his chest, revealing the hard lines of muscle beneath. He looked like he owned the kind of world people begged to enter.I finally found my voice. “Thank you… for saving me.”His stormy gray eyes locked onto mine. A slow, danger
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