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Chapter 91: Fire and Water

Author: Armisteads
last update Last Updated: 2025-04-13 00:00:00

I was expecting him to yell. To meet fire with fire, like he always did. But Dominic just stared at me, his expression unreadable.

And his stillness made me even more angrier. My hands were still slightly trembling from the slap, and my heart was pounding in my chest. But then I saw something unexpected, his eyes… it wasn’t filled with rage. They looked… concerned. And tired.

He took a step forward.

“Why are you crying?”

I blinked, feeling the heat of my tears finally streaming down. I didn’t even realize I was crying until he said it. My throat was dry, and my chest hurt, but I wasn’t about to let him touch me—much less see me like this.

When his hand reached up to wipe my face, I slapped it away. Hard.

“Don’t touch me,” I said through clenched teeth. My voice cracked, but I didn’t back down.

To my surprise, he didn’t push it. He actually pulled his hand back and… obeyed me. That was the scariest part. The calm before whatever twisted storm he had plann
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