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Ian’s puppy–like devotion to pleasing her was almost too much–he’d gone all out with his look, all just to win her over, and wow, was it working.

Yolanda had never been intentionally teased or flirted with like this before, and honestly, she couldn’t handle

it.

Then lan leaned in, the soft, hazy light making his intentions

Crustal clear. “Shall I?” he murmured.

Yolanda swallowed, and honestly, there was no way she could say no to that.

Time seemed to blur into one big, hazy mess.

After it was all over.

Ian glanced over and asked, “Did you like it?”

Yolanda felt like she was about to lose herself completely, as if he’d stolen her soul.

Her vision was hazy, as if she were a kite lost in a sea of clouds, drifting aimlessly with nowhere to focus.

Ian’s fingers played with her hair, lazily twirling stray locks–each touch making her heart skip.

Yolanda lay there for ages, struggling just to steady her breath.

Their eyes locked, and the air between them grew heavy, sparking with something electric.

Yolanda’s face flared red, embarrassment and irritation mixing as she instinctively tried to shove him away.

Ian nuzzled deeper into her neck, whining softly, “Come on, cut me some slack. Just stay put.”

Yolanda froze, her mind racing as she realized what he meant.

The bedside lamp was still on, casting a gentle light. Ian stayed quiet for a long moment before finally whispering, “So… did you like it?”

“Yeah…” she answered, her voice barely audible as she buried half her face in the blankets, cheeks on fire.

Ian let out a low chuckle, his chest trembling with laughter.

Yolanda was all flustered and a tiny bit annoyed, but the exhaustion hit her hard. With half her face tucked in the blankets, she dozed off, cheeks still burning.

Ian settled in next to her, letting his eyes drink in every delicate detail of her face. He reached over to tuck a loose strand of hair behind her ear.

She was unbelievably cute and downright gorgeous–and even when she got mad, she couldn’t utter a mean word.

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Yolanda woke up, lan was already gone–off

stepped out of a spa or something: lan probably made sure the was all cleaned up before

a rock, and now it was already ten

her

on a date with Renee today. Ever since he’d dropped to his knees, begging her not to leave him, Rence had completely melted. Their relationship was

out all over the place.

Blake by her side, she was

had no idea she was out having fun with someone else, but whenever they called and

in the distance for him to deliver her snacks, his voice relaxed and a bit teasing. “Don’t

up the Starlight files, getting right back to

an hour later, she

to be a force to be reckoned with in Beloris–no one

fingers gripped the files tight, and she just knew in her

Charles’s world, challenging his authority

Andrade family couldn’t escape

heat wiped clean. She really had to keep Ian out of sight otherwise, she’d be done for before she even

Vivian wouldn’t be able to give her any grief for the next few days–but that wasn’t Yolanda’s

didn’t scare her, but even so, there was no way she could stand against

families like these, she was just an insignificant ant. All she could do was attack their

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it came to dealing with someone like Vivian, Yolanda knew she couldn’t let up for

fired off another

news–mood’s on point! Time to treat myself and hit

off that tweet, she sent

Simone last

at the

never dared to send something like that–she was

that she was completely over him,

at that little heart emoji, totally stunned. For the first time ever, he

she’d ever made, Charles hadn’t liked a single one–not even those about his

everyone knew she’d been chasing after him for years. Folks always thought she was

her post a like, her notifications blew up–likes poured

time with breakfast, then changed into a fresh outfit–she

to Vivian, that post was a straight–up smack to the face–like Yolanda was deliberately rubbing it

attention, but after getting hit with jab after jab–and losing Grady on top of

files on her desk flying,

bitch!” Vivian

in, his brow furrowing as he took in the chaos. “Vivian, calm down,” he said,

the moment Charles came up, it was like

kept her feelings locked so deep, she was terrified to even admit she liked him, desperate to cling to any fragile thread tying them

she sank into her chair,

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