The girl stared in disbelief, her hands clutching her face.

"You hit me?"

Jolie blinked innocently at her. "Weren't you the one insisting I hit you earlier? I just gave you another slap to match your story. You should be used to it by now." "Jolie Quin!"

lan had reached his limit, his voice full of anger as he glared at her. "Apologize to her!"

Jolie glanced at him, her expression calm but icy. "Get lost."

She had thought he might be reasonable, but clearly, he was blinded by infatuation. She had no patience to deal with him any longer and turned to leave.

Before she could take a step, lan grabbed her arm roughly.

"Jolie, you're not leaving without apologizing! I don't think I've ever wronged you, have I? We used to get along just fine, didn't we?"

"Let go," Jolie said, her brows knitting in disgust. She hated being touched, especially by someone she considered beneath her.

lan tightened his grip, his hand digging into her arm hard enough to cause pain.

"Jolie, you will apologize to her, or-"

"Or what?"

commanding voice cut through the tension

to see Gavin approaching, his sharp gaze landing on lan's hand gripping Jolie's arm. His expression darkened, the air around him heavy with an intimidating authority that made lan instinctively

kind only someone accustomed to being in control could

much his sudden appearance had thrown her off balance. This

eyes flicked to Jolie, his tone softening slightly. "What

"Just ran into a pair of delusional

hand in his, his grip firm yet

"You can't leave!"

snapped out of her daze. Her expression shifted to one of

man was so handsome and

IMS

was obvious to her that he held more influence and status

she stepped

walk away," she insisted, her voice wavering slightly. "She hit me.

her, his gaze

he asked, his tone sharp enough to make her feel both nervous and flattered at the same time. Under his icy stare, she felt a mix of fear and exhilaration. Despite his detached expression, her heart

forgiveness," the girl said, trying to sound firm but unable

her reply, he dismissed her entirely, walking away

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