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?"

no comeback; for a moment, all she could

she'd insisted on drinking too much. She'd

stood out in excruciating detail: her straddling him on the bed, completely unrestrained. The image

think about that. Every time she did, she wanted to die of

had lost her

even slept with

head away, unable to meet Liam's eyes. "I... I didn't mean for it to

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

wonder she'd been so bold in bed; she must have been holding back for ages. Honestly, it was the wildest thing he'd ever experienced,

replaying every moment from last night in

the woman responsible wanted to pretend it

let her off that

in

to resist, but just then, footsteps and voices echoed from outside

eyes as she shot Liam a look, silently begging him

his grip, one