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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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up, lan was already gone–off

stepped out of a spa or something: lan probably made sure the was

a rock, and now it

up her phone and dialed

he’d dropped to his knees, begging her not to leave him, Rence had completely

her out all over the

her finger, but with Blake by her side, she was slowly starting to pull herself out of

whenever they called and heard her

deliver her snacks, his voice relaxed and a bit teasing. “Don’t worry, just wait till the morning

picked up the Starlight files,

hour later, she got word about Grady’s

a force to be reckoned with in Beloris–no one dared mess with him.

files tight, and she just

his authority only led

mighty Andrade family couldn’t escape his

of last night’s heat wiped clean. She really had to keep Ian out of sight otherwise, she’d be done for before she even realized it. Charles would make sure she was wiped off the face

able to give her any

was no way she could stand against

a city ruled by families like these, she was just an insignificant

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dealing with someone like Vivian, Yolanda knew she couldn’t let up for a second–the timing was everything

fired off another

some interesting news–mood’s on point! Time to treat

sent Charles a

Aunt Simone last

emoji at the

dared to send something like

now that she was completely over him,

totally stunned. For the first time ever, he actually went and liked one of

then, out of the handful of posts she’d ever made, Charles hadn’t liked a single one–not even those about his

chasing after him for years. Folks always thought she was way too hung up on

saw Charles give her post a like, her notifications blew up–likes poured in and it hit a new

took her time with breakfast, then changed into a fresh outfit–she was really heading out to

straight–up smack to the face–like Yolanda was deliberately

Yolanda wasn’t worth her attention, but after getting hit with jab after jab–and losing Grady on top of it–seeing that Twitter update nearly set her

all the files on her desk

Bitch! Total bitch!” Vivian

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

moment Charles came up, it was like she

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

chest rose and fell rapidly as she sank into her chair, feeling utterly drained. “Cedric, did you

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