Chapter Nine_ Disappeared into the storm

Valentina

"Let me go then. I'm never going to be Isabella."

My eyes narrowed. My breaths had finally evened out, and I could feel the hot flush in my cheeks.

"Let me go. End this misery for both of us."

He allowed a soft laugh to slip free.

My anger came and went like flashes of lightning. One minute, it was there, and the next, I was just tired of it all.

He didn't break his gaze as he stepped closer. "Then I wouldn't find you at home waiting for me in my room."

The way he looked at me was something I had always wished to have. A look of longing, desire.

"I thought you didn't want that." I whispered, my body practically electrified from nerves.

He rolled his eyes. "Don't assume what I want, Mrs Nevarro." He replied, his voice placid. Disinterested.

Just one touch. One touch from him, and the room would ignite.

"Noted." I curled my fingers around the hem of my shorts as tightly as I could to stop the embarrassment flushing through me.

It had taken a lot from me to walk to his wing and