Chapter 111Aaron POV“Listen,” I whispered, voice rough and low, intimate in the charged space between us.My finger stayed pressed lightly against Leon’s lips for another heartbeat, feeling the warmth of his breath, the slight tremble there, the way his anger seemed to pause under my touch. The room felt smaller, the air thicker, like the whole chaotic night had narrowed down to this single moment. Leon’s eyes were locked on mine—still burning with that mix of fury and hurt, but something else flickered there too. Want. Confusion. The same pull I’d felt since the first time I cornered him in the library. My own pulse was hammering, adrenaline from the pool fight mixing with the deeper, more dangerous heat that always seemed to flare whenever he was this close.But we weren’t alone. Not really.I heard it clearly now—the faint shuffle of footsteps right outside the door. Low voices murmuring, someone trying (and failing) to stay quiet. A soft laugh. The creak of floorboards as peopl
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