DESIRE UNDER THE SAME ROOF
"Tell me you don’t feel the same way," Xavier murmured, his dark eyes locked on mine.
"Tell me you don’t feel your heart racing every time you see me. Tell me you don’t think about me for hours, imagining things… imagining me touching you. Tell me you don’t feel jealous when you see me with another girl who isn’t you."
He stepped closer, his lips curling into that infuriating smirk.
"Tell me, Princess," he whispered.
My throat went dry. My words stuttered.
"I… I don’t feel anything for you," I barely managed.
"You're such a terrible liar," he said, his grin darkening.
•••
Everything changed the night my father died.
Six months later, my mother’s whirlwind engagemen
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