Chapter 68

He tugged himself back into his clothes and watched her with a lift of his eyebrow. His eyes said everything. He expected her to take up the can and dispose of everything in it.

So she’d confirm his thoughts that he was repulsive?

Then she closed her eyes and swallowed. 

She knew he watched her do it, and she felt his muscles tense. She opened her eyes and stared at him with her cheeks flushed. His expression dissolved, and for the first time, she saw a look she had never seen in his eyes. Tenderness.

Danika glowed under that look. It didn’t matter if it was a thing of the moment. It didn’t matter if he’d still punish the very devil out of her later. He wasn’t giving her that stony gaze anymore. Instead, his expression was tender, and that was all that mattered.

He sat up in his chair and lowered his head towards her. She closed her eyes tight and braced herself for whatever his intent might be.

Then he kissed her forehead tenderly.

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