Warning: Mature content in the chapter
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Evaline:
My heart stopped.
For a second, I wasn't even sure I had heard him correctly. The word echoed in my head, bouncing around like a bell with no rhythm. Strip?
I blinked again, my brain stuttering as it tried to catch up. Heat flared in my cheeks and all the blood in my body started rushing in too many directions at once.
He said what?
I stood frozen, staring at him, wide-eyed and unmoving.
He tilted his head slightly, and a crooked smirk teased his lips. He looked smug and amused. "Are you done playing the game now?" he asked, his voice calm, almost bored.
There was a glint in his eyes though. A challenge.
He didn't think I would do it.
He thought I would blush, maybe stammer or laugh it off. That I would back down.
And maybe, just maybe, that's exactly what I would have done a couple of months ago. Or maybe even a month ago.
But that's not who I was anymore.
