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?"

all she could do

on drinking too much. She'd been the one clinging to him, making a

detail: her straddling him on the bed, completely unrestrained. The image was so

that. Every time

really had

even slept with a guy who was

Liam's eyes. "I...

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

she must have been holding back for ages. Honestly, it was the wildest

to focus all day, replaying every moment

the woman responsible wanted to pretend it was

to let her

in and kissed

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

Liam a look, silently begging him

tightened his grip, one hand slipping