Chapter 0294

“Ariel,” Luca sighs, shaking his head and smiling as he turns back to me, buttoning his pants. “It’s not going to happen like this.”

“What’s not going to happen!?” I ask, tossing out a hand.

“It’s…” Luca says, his emphasis on the word, and his raised eyebrow making it very clear what he means, “not going to happen like this.”

I jump to my feet in protest, my hands fisted at my side. “Luca!” I hiss, angry. “I mean, you don’t get to decide that for both of us! There are two of us here!”

He sighs a little through his nose, frustrated, and then lightning–fast he reaches for me, grabbing me by the waist and pulling me tight against

num, running his fingers through my

the back of my neck before I have time

his pretty brown ones. “With my uncle, and your bodyguard, and

his waist. And then I watch Luca shudder, and press his eyes shut as I flatten my palms against

ghght against him.

Luca isn’t nearly as resistant to me as he was pretending to be just

on, Luca,” I whisper, soft and teasing. “Just…kiss me. Just

his hands tighten – just incrementally – before suddenly he twists and spins me, and presses me back against the lockers. I gasp when my shoulders clang

up at

want, Ariel?” he murmurs, moving the hand curved around the back of my neck up so that he cradles my head, using his half–naked

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