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uldn't even suspect. The thought of him connecting my sickness

o end t

hold his piercing blue gaze. "No, I'm jus

lpha intuition, or maybe just his CEO's bullsh

month?" he pressed, his tone laced with

ewall. Something absolute. A reason so final he wou

a trapped bird. I looked him straight in the eye and del

been avoiding you beca

han I felt, echoing in the to

t was ins

was as if a mask had dropped over his features, making him unreadable, but th

n his jaw bunch, a

e advantage. I ha

"It was a mistake. A drunken mistake. It meant nothing

that was burned into my skin, but I

detail. "I took the morning-after pill. There's no poss

saying it for myself. A desperate mantra

eathe. He was staring at me, but his eyes were looking through me, and what

ned up. He removed his hands from

I thought it had worked. I t

, and his words w

all emotion. "So your 'professionalism

w. I gasped, stumbling back against the d

sordid, calculated scheme. He was painting me as a

wisted his lips. "It doesn

dangerous fire, were now just

t of my

tal. The disgust in h

scream, to defend myself, to tell him the truth-that I was terrified, not scheming. But one look

wrenched the door open and fled. I didn't just walk out; I ran, e

ook back.

the sound echoing down the silent corridor l

ed on the door she had disappeared through. His hands we

n't fi

wouldn'

in his hands. He stared at the words, but they were just black marks on a page. All he co

a boy