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CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE – Holding Her

Author: Tessa Lilly
last update Last Updated: 2023-08-30 14:07:48
  Dimitri’s POV

  My whole body was trembling.

  Skol was right. I should have taken her away immediately.

  ‘I told you,’ he growled, his voice trembling.

  Both of us were upset. Both of us hated that boy Jasper for flirting with her. Both of us wanted to rip Seth’s arms off for hugging her.

  ‘I am not going to be able to wait until she turns 18,’ Skol said. ‘I will kill someone before that.’

  I took a deep breath and tried to calm down a little. I couldn't let myself freak out. She was just out with friends. Nothing happened. Jasper flirted with her because she was fucking gorgeous. Seth hugged her because he is happy to have her as a friend. No one touched what only I was supposed to touch. No one kissed her. No one did anything inappropriate.

  ‘I disagree and I want to pluck Jasper’s eyes out,’ Skol growled.

  ‘We need to calm down, okay?’ I mumbled as I watched my princess walk back toward the house.

  She wasn’t walking toward the front, though.

  What the hell was she doing?
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