Counterback of the Despised Luna by Diana West

Chapter 250 Missed Her

Rosaline’s POV:

Caden’s sudden, domineering kiss caught me completely off guard.

It felt like he was stealing my breath away, leaving me gasping for air, on the verge of suffocation.

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We had shared countless intimate moments before, but never had I felt this overwhelmed–this mixture of passion and humiliation.

My heart pounded wildly.

I couldn’t let this continue.

Summoning all my strength, I pushed Caden away, my brows furrowing as I demanded, “Caden, what do you think you’re doing?”

Sensing my resistance, he finally stopped. His deep, intense gaze locked onto mine.

Desperate to change the subject, I quickly said, “Didn’t you say there was an urgent matter with the Azure Bay project?”

“Yeah.” Caden finally shifted his focus and said in a low voice, “Come with me.”

With that, he turned and walked toward the study.

I hesitated for a moment before following him.

Caden opened his laptop and pulled up an email. His long fingers tapped the screen as he explained, “Tomorrow at ten a.m., there’s a bidding meeting for the Azure Bay project. Here’s an overview of the process. You’re coming with me.”

“That’s it?” I glanced at the screen. It was just a meeting. I wasn’t sure why this was considered an emergency.

Caden’s lips curled slightly as he said coolly, “This meeting is important. BPL’s CEO, Everett, will be attending.”

Everett?

A fleeting image of a man in a charcoal–gray suit with tanned skin flashed through my mind.

If Caden was placing so much importance on this meeting, it meant he was eager to meet BPL’s elusive

CEO.

“I’ll be there on time. If there’s nothing else, I should get going.”

toward the door, ready to leave.

Caden suddenly stood up, his long legs closing the distance in an instant as he blocked

pressed my lips together.

His dark eyes studied me as he spoke.

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had been so intense that, for a brief moment, I had nearly lost

couldn’t let Caden have it that

his handsome features darkened slightly. “Relax. I promise

anyway, and I

guest room,

yet my heart was

had gone

Heidi–she was still the

Heidi …

as her cunning face surfaced in my

her to the edge. Make

was confident I could

the entire night lost in thought, so I

morning, I woke up with dark circles under

aroma of breakfast filled the air.

kitchen, I

was so

had told me, “Rosaline, as long as you like it, I’ll make breakfast for you every day–for a lifetime. No, actually, for this life, the next,

in my mind,

eyes carrying a warmth that only appeared when he looked

I snapped out of my

a few more minutes–breakfast will be ready soon,” Caden said, the corners

later, he placed breakfast on the dining table, carefully serving a bit of everything onto my plate. “Try it,” he said

lowered my head to see that every dish on my plate

my fork. I due in without hesitation

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Missed Het