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Twenty Six

Author: Knighted
last update Last Updated: 2024-01-14 23:13:15

RAPHAEL BATISTA POV

CONFERENCE.

Scarlet had a smile on her face as she spoke with Miguel and it just made me see red. It wasn't just them talking but it might as well have been, since Miguel was hanging on her every word as if they were the very essentials of life.

She'd consumed my thoughts through the days leading up to the conference, and now as I watched her, I knew what it was I felt every time I thought of her.

I gripped Kristen's wrist tighter and she winced, an audible gasp falling from her lips. I let her go as if I'd been burned when a camera flashed in our direction.

Sighing in frustration because I knew an article painting me in a bad light would be coming out soon, I turned to face her.

"Sorry about that," I said, taking her hand and inspecting her wrist where a bruise was already forming, then I glanced up to see her watching me.

"You have been staring at her all night" she stated and I didn't even need to look to know she was referring to
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