Enchanted Nightfall: Falling for Destiny

Chapter 15

Jerome squinted at the vision before him, Quintessa, sheer beauty personified.

He was no stranger to pretty faces; women had always been plentiful in his life, some even more stunning than Quintessa. But none had ever captured his soul quite like she did. One glance and he’d find himself ensnared, haunted by her image night and day.

Quintessa was even more gorgeous than she had been three years ago, the naive. greenness gone, replaced by a seductive bloom. Like a poppy in the wild, intoxicating and fatal, one knew of its poison and yet the heart’s frenzied desire was undeniable.

Otherwise, Jerome wouldn’t have kept tabs on Quintessa, wouldn’t have come here to corner her.

Never had he felt such an urgent craving for a woman. He wanted to strip her bare and had sex with her, right here, right now.

real Jerome behind the mask, hypocritical, repulsive.

three years ago when Rachel drugged me? You knew and did nothing to stop it, didn’t even warn me. You just wanted to ‘rescue‘ me once the drugs took effect, to take advantage, to have me owe you, to play with me

been plotting after Quintessa all along. From the moment Quintessa first met Jerome, she

out to tilt Quintessa’s chin, “You’re so much more interesting than Miranda. What do you say? Stick

his tie, yanking it tight around his neck, pushing him back against the wall with a solid

chin, “I might be cheap but I’m not desperate. You, I wouldn’t give the time

the wall, unresisting, a smirk playing on his lips, “Wouldn’t give the time of

an eyebrow, “Exactly.”

flashed in Jerome’s eyes, and he uttered, “Then wait for it. Sooner or

I’ll wait. If you live long enough

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