Chapter 199 To Be His

• And now that I had, I didn’t know if I could ever go back.
• The others scattered, each lost in their own thoughts, but Dominic stayed. I could feel him watching me, his presence as steady as ever. But I wasn’t ready. Not yet.
• Across the room, Victoria approached Chen hesitantly, her fingers twisting together, her breathing uneven. She looked at him, at the bruises on his skin, at the weight of the night pressing into his bones, and her composure cracked.