Where Petals of Vengeance Bloom

Chapter 341

Mandy felt her sanity teetering on the edge, fraying under the double assault of anger and humiliation.

She shoved hard at Liam, her fists pounding against his chest. "Let me go! What the hell do you want from me?"

But Liam didn't budge. He caught her flailing hands in one of his, pinning her firmly against the partition wall.

In the cramped stall, their breaths mingled, the air thick with a tension that felt dangerously close to something else.

"What do I want?" he murmured, his voice low and rough. "Come on, Mandy. Don't tell me you don't know. What's this, huh? You use me for a night, then toss me aside like nothing happened? What am I to you?"

His breath was hot against her ear, sending a shiver down Mandy's spine and leaving her legs weak.

Her cheeks burned. "Last night was a mistake, okay? Can't we just pretend it never happened?"

He gave a bitter laugh, his eyes dark with possessiveness. "So you get what you want, then just walk away? And you call that a mistake?"

"Mandy, do I look like someone who just shrugs and moves on after being used?"

comeback; for a moment, all she could

truth was, last night, she'd insisted on drinking too much. She'd been the one clinging

lost in the haze of alcohol, but one memory stood out in excruciating detail: her straddling him on the bed, completely unrestrained. The image

Every time she did, she wanted to die

had

desperate she'd even slept with a guy

her head away, unable to meet Liam's eyes. "I... I didn't

it for a second. Last night, with the alcohol loosening her tongue, she'd confessed everything-told him

have been holding back for ages. Honestly, it

to focus all day, replaying every moment from last night in

now, the woman responsible wanted to pretend it was

let

Liam leaned in and

resist, but just then, footsteps and voices echoed from outside the sound of people entering the

Mandy's eyes as she shot Liam a look, silently begging him to

one