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ISABELLA’S POV

The door shut behind him, and silence swallowed the room.

I exhaled, staring at the spot where Luca had just stood.

What the hell was that?

I should be focusing on the fact that I just had the most humiliating bathroom experience of my entire life. But no, my brain had decided to hyperfixate on the way his arms had felt around me, the heat of his body, the way his scent had wrapped around me like a drug I was starting to crave.

God, I was doomed.

I flopped back onto the bed, pressing my hands over my face.

Because the worst part?

He had run.

Like I was something dangerous. Which was absurd. I’m not dangerous. He is.

Luca is a lethal, terrifying mafia Alpha who could make grown men wet themselves with a single glare.

And yet, I had seen something flicker in his eyes before he left—something vulnerable. Something raw.

Something he didn’t want to feel.My stomach twisted. Because I felt it too.

I was getting restless.

Luca had gone back to avoiding me.

Or, at least, pret
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