My Stepfather’s Forbidden Desire
Roxy shrieked, sheer disgust and panic twisting her features.
She threw all her weight into a brutal shove, catching me off guard. I stumbled backward a step, and she bolted past me, rushing out of the room and slamming the door in her wake.
I let out a slow, heavy breath.
What did I expect? Wasn’t this exact reaction what I wanted? Then why did a bitter, hollow ache twist in my chest?
After all, on paper, I was just her stepfather. But a dark, vicious voice in my mind whispered a different question: If it had been Evander standing here instead, would she have looked at him with that same horror?