Having called the bluff of this figure, Lilianna did not expect to have her feelings come rushing back for Julian as he turned to face her. She felt a rush of confusing emotions as she wished to be in his arms-even as her anger remained just beneath the surface. She loathed how easily her heart was willing to forgive him and how willingly her body was forfeiting her stubbornness to want him. But something within her still remained against him and because of this, she stayed in place instead of rushing towards him and embracing him with undeserved and immediate forgiveness.
"What are you doing here?" Lilianna inquired as Julian noted the object in her hand before flashing that smirk that dampened her directly. She was annoyed how her body wanted him while her head spoke against it; forcin
