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Kiara's POV

"I had no idea that you were missing me so much." I drawled as I walked in through the massive entrance doors.

I was glad that I had made it back in time or else heads would have rolled.

Damien's eyes narrowed at me suspiciously looking at the door and then back to me as though I might have performed a disappearing trick or two.

"Where are you coming from?"

I shrugged as innocently as I could, which was not very well at all.

"I took a stroll."

His tone was right and still disbelieving.

"I didn't find you in the gardens."

I perked up at his words. Had he really come looking for me after the argument?

"You came to find me?"

Damien averted his gaze as though not looking at me would make things less embarrassing for him.

"Of course I did. I care about you."

His words warmed me all the way to my toes as well as the embarrassment in his voice. I don't know why it was as though he had lit a bonfire of sensation within me with the way he spoke, at least until I remembered tha