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She cringed as if the fiend had struck her Rephrase She wanted to build Brochan’s confidence Since they were partners, she should try

Yes Aid him now, destroy him later Good plan

Viola jerked, then tried to hide the action by pretending to sniff another blooenuine or not, that’s on you Now If you’d like access to ive h he continued to deny it, he yearned for her as much as she yearned for hiive in

Happy to oblige, darling For the first tiued her Why not explore their connection while she had the chance?

Facing hiree, beast?”

A strangled sound left hiain”

In part, yes But she also kind of loved how this male made her feel, and she only wanted ain, then You stay away fro”

He ran his tongue over his straight, white teeth “Nothing you do will change my opinion of you And I won’t bed you”

She offered heryou to bed me”

His nostrils flared Okay, so her first efforts to boost his confidence had just crashed and burned Not her fault His

“You think you’ll enjoy this,” he hissed at her “I look forward to proving you wrong”

Tipping an invisible hat to him, she said, “My very best to you, sir Your efforts will end in failure, but at least you will have tried, right?”

He worked his jaw To her surprise, he snapped, “I agree to your teroddess Just know that I will detest every ether”

Doubtful She heard his crackle of anticipation She even felt a change in the ate of excitement

Triulitter bomb of satisfaction She had won this round Just as she would win every round But she merely experienced her own anticipation…

“Why wait?” she asked “I’m ready for my devotion now”

“You will answer my questions first” He crossed his ar have you owned the key?”