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won’t open. Come check it for me?”
He found the message utterly childish and tossed the phone aside, ignoring it.
But less than a minute later, a sense of unease crept in As if something clicked, he suddenly stood up from the table without a word and left the dining room, his expression dark as he walked toward the first–floor bathroom.
Helanocked on the doorfim but not too loud.
Giselle opened it almost immediately.
He looked at her coldly, “What is it?”
“Come in “Giselle grabbed him by the arm, pulled him inside, and quickly locked the door behind them.
There was no time for subtlety. She got straight to the point. “Donovan, what did you mean by that just now? You’re too busy to marry her this year, but somehow. you’ll be free next year?”
Faced with her sharp questioning, Donovan didn’t get angry. He just shot her a dismissive glance. “Did you actually think I’m going to marry you just because I’m not marrying her?”
“I don’t care about that!”
She didn’t bother lowering her voice. Thinking about everything they’d gone through–the endless push and pull–her emotions surged.
“Donovan, don’t play games with me! You can marry a prostitute for all I care, but you’re not marrying that woman!”
He seemed used to her outbursts by now. No longer easily provoked, he stayed calm and cold, even in a moment like this,
“Don’t start your nonsense here. If you have something to say, come to my place.”
He tumed to unlock the door.
“Fine, go ahead.” Giselle leaned back against the sink, scoffing. “I’ll go buy an air ticket to Usna right now. Tonight’s flight. I’ll comfort poor Zachary and- She didn’t even finish her sentence before he kissed her hard, cutting her off completely-
His tall, broad frame pressed against her, hands gripping her head as his mouth claimed hers without restraint, stealing the air from her lungs and giving chance to respond.
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She couldn’t fight back All she could feel was the rapid thump of his heart, the heat radiating off his body, and the overwhelming pressure that made her legs weaken beneath her.
Just when she was beginning to lose sense of what the kiss even meant, still dazed and breathless, he abruptly let her go before shoving her aside like she was nothing
“I swear I’ll find a way to control you!–
He didn’t want to bear her speak or explode in another emotional fit. He’d shut her up any way he could.
He turned on the faucet and splashed cold water on lus face repeatedly, trying to force himself back to clarity. Water dripped from his hair, saturating his shirt
No one knew how long it lasted, but only after he’d fully vented every ounce of rage inside him did he finally stop. Then, without a word, be shoved her she meant nothing. She landed limply, discarded, while he wordlessly adjusted himself and pulled his pants back up.
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Finally, he glanced at the disheveled woman beland him.
“Giselle, I told you everything depends on how you behave. Keep losing control like this, and you’ll get nothing with that, he unlocked the door and walked out, skipping the dining room altogether and heading straight upstairs.
