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Chapter 19

Author: Roseanna
last update Last Updated: 2025-02-15 19:26:21

Stephany>>>

I don't get him. I really don't.

Sebastian Sanders, the smug nepo baby who stained my dress with coffee and couldn’t bother to apologize, now looks... a little less than the irredeemable asshole I pegged him as.

Even though I try to steer my attention elsewhere, my gaze betrays me. It’s like gravity, pulling me back to him again and again.

The way his eyes stay fixed on the road, dark and intense, flickering with something I can’t define—it makes my stomach flutter against my will. The glow of the city lights spills through the windows, illuminating the sharp angles of his jaw, the curve of his lips, the faint shadow of stubble that dusts his skin.

And then there are his hands.

His veined, impossibly large hands grip the steering wheel with the kind of command that sends an electric current rippling through me. Every motion is deliberate, controlled, powerful. When his other hand moves, fingers slowly tugging at his tie, loosening it just enough to reveal the b
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