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"I'm feeling extra generous with you today, so I'll give you one more try."

eyes.

"Because I want a chance to say it back."

"But first tell me why you're sleeping on the left side of the bed tonight,"
His gaze darts to my mouth before returning to my cyes "Turns out I don't like the idca of you sleeping closest to the door,"

"You...what?"

"I thought about what you said yesterday, and you're right-I am bothered by you talking about a future with

another man because I so desperately want that man to be me." My mouth falls opens, but no words come out.

"I don't want to lie to myself anymore about what we are. I don't want to to pretend. I want you to be mine, not because of an arrangement but because you choose to be."

"You mean that?"

You can't protect me from him forever."

"Watch me."

"What if I want it to be?" I ask, surprised by my own

outburst. "Or what if it has been real between us for a while but I was too stubborn to accept it?"

"That's a lot of what-ifs."

"I only care about one." I snap her seat belt in place before

kissing her temple.

"What if we gave this a try?"

Hope I haven't felt since took the last gold coin my dad gave me and used my wish on

bim.

I hope Lorenzo is the one I've been searching for, I said before tossing the coir into my dad's fountain and watching it join the other ones at the bottom.

a lie.

Maybe the wish wasn't

Like Eros, I've set sight on my target, and I won't stop taking shots at Lorenzo's heart until he has no choice but to face the truth about his feelings.

"And

where am I supposed to find this future husband of mine?" "He's standing right here."

I turn around with a gasp. "Lorenzo."

There is absolutely nothing you can offer me that would convince me to leave Lily-whether it be money, endorsements, aranteed election victory. So bring up the idea again and I'll show you what it's like to be my enemy." I get into my car and drive away, ignoring Julian glowering in my rearview mirror as I head home.

"Okay, Romeo." Julian claps a hand around his shoulder and tugs him back. "I think I've seen enough."

"Why not?"

"You wanted a fake fiancée?" She jabs me hard in the chest with a manicured finger. "Now you've got one."

"I wasn't looking for anything real when I joined the app,but meeting you made me consider it."

"I'd rather show you." Her eyes are so bright, so full of hope as she lifts my mask up. I don't have a chance to stop her, or maybe I didn't make enough effort to as Lily finally comes face-to-face with Laurence.

Her eyes widen, and her lips part with a gasp. "Lo-"

I crush my mouth to hers

"Blackwell?" she whispered.

"Firstly, let me reintroduce myself." He dipped his head in a formal bow. "My name is Salemaestrus Erasmus Blackwell Prince of the Devils. But you, angel, may call me Salem."

""In a different life, in a fair one, I would've kept you until my eternal soul withered away to dust,"
he vowed to her.
Then he was gone."

"If you thought that was your threshold of pleasure--imagine being worshipped by the real thing."