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?"

had no comeback; for a moment, all she could do was stare

much. She'd been the one clinging to him, making

it was a blur, lost in the haze of alcohol, but one memory stood out in excruciating detail: her straddling him on the bed, completely unrestrained. The image was so vivid, it made

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

really had lost her

she'd even slept with a guy who was supposed to

to meet Liam's eyes. "I... I didn't mean

wasn't buying it for a second. Last night, with the alcohol loosening her tongue,

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

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

now, the woman responsible wanted to pretend it was

going to let her off that

in and kissed

tried to resist, but just then, footsteps

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

only tightened his grip, one hand slipping under her