Chapter 196 A Mistake

• He smirked, eyes raking over me from head to toe like I was nothing more than a thing to be studied. He stepped forward, slow, deliberate. “You really *are* one of a kind,” he mused, amusement laced in his voice. “Such a *pretty* little thing.”
• He leaned in, letting his gaze linger, his smirk deepening. “Almost *perfect.*”
• Then, just as I thought his arrogance couldn’t make my skin crawl any more, he circled around me, stopping at my back. His fingers curled into my hair, yanking it backward so hard that a sharp gasp escaped my lips.