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?"

voice cut through

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

presence, the kind only someone accustomed to being in control could exude, was

blinked, momentarily stunned. Her heartbeat quickened, and she hated how much his sudden appearance had thrown her

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

ran into a pair of delusional clowns. It's handled now." "Good." Gavin nodded.

took Jolie's hand in his, his grip firm yet

"You can't leave!"

girl, who had been momentarily stunned by Gavin's commanding presence, snapped out of her daze. Her expression shifted to one of

man was so handsome and so

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was obvious

she stepped

wavering slightly. "She hit me.

at her, his gaze cold and

sharp enough to make her feel both nervous and flattered at the same time. Under his icy stare,

but unable to hide her nervousness. Gavin's response was swift

her entirely, walking away without

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