Chapter 103. Sink Your Teeth In

I turned my head away, ashamed at what I had done. “No. He wasn’t deceived.”

“No, I’d expect nothing less,” Daniel muttered. After a pause, he said pointedly, “So you allowed another male to rub his naked body against you while aroused, and you kissed him in the process?”

I flinched as though struck. “Well…when you put it that way, it does sound…worse.”

He bared his teeth. “Oh no. It’s exactly as bad as it sounds.”

A spike of panic shot through me. “Please don’t hurt him. He was only trying to help me.”

Daniel considered this. The steam curled around us, muffling the clash of our emotions. Finally, he spoke, his voice low enough that I had to lean forward to catch it. “I’ll think about sparing him. But you…” He paused so long I thought perhaps he’d lost his words, then continued in a whisper. “You’ve