Chapter 223

With a grunt, Kassandra pushed him back, hating the fact that he had muddled with her head with so little effort. She couldn’t let on how rattled she was by his presence, how out of balance she felt when he touched her, even innocently.

She breathed in roughly, gritting her jaw so tight that she would need to see a dentist soon. There should have been smoke coming out of her ears too. First of all, I’m not sixteen anymore, so stop calling me a brat.

"Secondly, not that I have to explain myself to you, I know how Romanos is doing. I speak to his nurse every day. "

She instantly regretted her words when she saw the disbelief in his gaze.

She walked to the mini fridge in the corner, needing the time away from his scrutiny to compose herself. She grabbed a bottle and gulped the water down so fast that her throat burned at the chill.

And yet, as he watched her from the other side of the room, she could feel the heat pooling under her skin, an unnamed charge building up in the room...

This