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“But having seen your parents today, I don’t regret what I did They adore you, Stefan To not invite the”

His htened

“To reject soood and pure, this is not you”

“I doubted your reasons for wanting to n a filthy contract Have you still not learnt who I am now, Clio?

“The naive, ro dead In its place, there’s only poison, Clio, poison that will destroy you I’ you, bellaleave me alone”

His jaw concrete, he growled a sound of such utter pain that her gut twisted

“Do you realize what you’ve done by involving my parents in this? They think the sun rises with you now What happens when this is all over? Hoill I face them with another failure in hand? Hoill I explain your absence in my life, bella?”

That he still thought in such rigid terht Clio doith a thud That he didn’t even indulge the thought of soetting pulled into, should have stopped her

“I don’t kno you will We caether to ruin Jackson Can your parents’ happiness not be the one good thing that coe have to leave only destruction in its wake?”

Because that’s how it felt right now

Stefan had already helped her gain her self-respect, her strength, back but he was also going to steal a part of her The dae, it seemed, was already done

How could she stay away froeous and kind and honorable? When her heart gave a little leap when she saw hi? When her throat ached at the way he shut his emotions off as if he couldn’t bear them?

She walked over to hi form, hid her face in his shoulder She felt as if she was standing on the precipice of a cliff, wanted to give in and jump so much that she was feverish from it

He tensed instantly, his grip on her ar, poised to push her away