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“Even if I say no?” I murmur.

“If I were a rapist, I would’ve broken into your apartment in the middle of the night and taken what I wanted. I would not have asked you to dinner.”

“Am I supposed to appreciate the gesture?”

« 𝐓𝐮 𝐦’𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞́ 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐣’𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢 𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐜 𝐭𝐨𝐢. 𝐋𝐚 𝐫𝐞́𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐣𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐬. 𝐉𝐞 𝐧’𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢 𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐜 𝐭𝐨𝐢, 𝐋𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐡𝐤𝐚. »

"Tu as dit que j'étais une calamité, mais le voilà, le vrai désastre, Lia. Toi et moi."

- Tu crois que je suis folle ? je murmure.

- Je pense que vous souffrez.

Spoiler(cliquez pour révéler)“I took your hand before, Adrian, and you smothered me with it.” I smile a little. “I’d rather die quickly than slowly.”

Spoiler(cliquez pour révéler)Because those eyes? They don’t have the deep sadness in Lia’s. The permanent sheen of gray.

“Who are you?” I ask.

“I’m Lia. What’s your name?”

“Winter,” she says, still looking at my ring. “Winter Cavanaugh

“Yes, you are, Lia. I’ve known Boss since I was younger than Jeremy and I’ve never seen him treat anyone the way he treats you.”

“With disdain, you mean?”

“You must me be joking. Listen, he’s not the type who allows anyone to cause him pain, but you were able to. You hurt him.”

“No more than he hurt me.” Tears well in my eyes. “Besides, he’d need to feel for me to ever be able to be hurt by me.”

“You’re just as blinded as he is, I swear. Just talk to him and I assure you that he’ll see your honesty. You’re torturing each other and it’s painful to watch.”

“How can I torture him when he doesn’t care?”

. “I should kill you right now.”

“Do. It,” she manages. “Dying is better than living with you.”

“Adrian…please…please…”

“Please what?”

“Don’t take it all away. I’ll be suffocated to death.”

“You should’ve considered that when you planned to run away.”