She Died His Wife, She Returns His Enemy
"Their assumptions only help me."
His eyes narrowed, a brief flash of confusion darkening his gaze. He was used to predictability—to women who leaned in, who laughed on cue, who melted beneath his touch. Elise, with her cool detachment, was not fitting neatly into any pattern he recognized. And it angered him—not just because she resisted, but because he felt powerless to stop craving her.
"I never could read you," Cassian said softly, frustration lacing his voice.
She turned her face slightly, eyes locking onto his with a precise, almost surgical intensity. "That's because you never tried."
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