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That he wanted to be loved by her

But he didn’t

And the emptiness around her only made her realize what she wanted that much harder

She wanted the Stefan who had ad for her

She wanted the Stefan who admired her and respected her

She wanted the Stefan who had been one of the warmest, most openhearted men she had ever met

She wanted to lose herself in his arms and be the woman he lost his control over

She wanted to be the woh and she wanted to do it for years to come

She wanted them to be friends, lovers and so much more She wanted the contract ripped and burned, she wanted his millions and her penury to never come into the equation between them, in any form

She wanted it to be just her and him and their love for each other

Clio wanted all of hih, every kiss and every touch

And the as so deep, so raw that it was a physical ache in her gut That as so desperate that she shook all over, waves of pain splintering inside her

But this time, she would not settle She would not let a man, even the one who she loved with every breath, define what she orthy of

Because she deserved all of him

Stefan sank to the divan, reeling under Clio’s angry accusations, reeling under the weight of her confession

So in love with you

Those words pierced hi in her glittering gaze, even as he couldn’t believe the truth of it

How could she love hi to love, when he had given her nothing but pain?

How could she ruin everything by bringing that word between them?

He had no use for her love He had nothing to give her back And the one thing that he had wanted to give, the one gesture he had made because he cared about her, she had thrown in his face