Chapter 219

Chapter 219

Because for the first time in a long time, I realized something I hadn't wanted to admit.

I had fallen for Kester.

And now, there was nothing I could do but watch as he slipped away.

A rapid knock jolted me from the light haze of sleep I'd been slipping into.

I groaned and rolled over, pressing the heel of my palm to my forehead. The

pounding behind my eyes had only gotten worse like someone was hammering nails through my

skull from the inside out.

Who the actual hell?

Another knock-harder and more impatient this time.

If that was Mum coming to talk about Jaden again, I swear, I'd slam the door in her face

just like I did the last time. I'd rather let a pack of wolves eat me alive than sit through

another minute with that conceited asshole. The audacity he had to ask for a second date

after humiliating me on the first... Men like him belonged in a museum of red flags.

I dragged the duvet over my head, barely mustering the strength to raise my voice.

"Who..." I was about to ask but paused abruptly when I heard the voice behind the door.

Kasmine, if you don't open this door now,

Kester.

He sounded angry.

him try. Because there was no way I'd let

quieter this time...

before the storm.

chest

a second, all I could do was stare at the ceiling.

me harder... or the pure, sharp ache in

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the bed, I heard a loud

What the hell?

the door-so loud

small, casual wear – a gown that barely

one made the entire frame

of electricity. I just recalled now that Mum and Dad weren't home, and the staff... they wouldn't dare interrupt Kester even if he tore the

Thud.

bare feet smacking against the floor as dizziness swirled in my

and yanked it open, fury hot in my

finished leaving my mouth, he

steal my breath and slammed

with an echoing click.

Then he locked it.

He locked it.

"What the-"

the wall as he turned around with dark eyes and clenched jaws.

tight like he was holding back the kind of

to keep it together even though my

just-bust into my room like

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