Anya’s breath quickened as Axel’s fingers brushed against her knee again, lingering this time, sending a wave of heat through her. She knew she should pull away, say something, stop this before it went too far. Despite everything, she was in love with Kaian. But after the continuous rejection, unrequited love and now him being with someone else, she just wanted to scrap all those feelings from her chest, from her heart and leave it behind.
When Axel’s hand moved further, her body betrayed her, every nerve tingling under his touch, urging her closer to the edge of something she couldn’t quite name.
She swallowed hard, her mind spinning as she looked up at him, those crimson eyes fixed on her with an intensity that made her stomach flutter. The thrum of the car beneath them, the muted city
