Control me.

Chapter 30 - Irina.

I looked at Paul, trying to hold back the tension that had risen in me after my encounter with Nick near the bathroom. My heart was beating fast, but it wasn't fear. It was anger and disgust. I couldn't believe how a man like him could behave so provocatively, so shamelessly, in front of everyone. And yet there he was, sitting next to Alan, smiling with the arrogance that only Nick seemed capable of, while I had to be the calm presence, the one who kept Paul away from the scene.

My gaze shifted back to Paul, who was still laughing foolishly with the woman sitting next to him. My mouth tightened, my teeth grinding with anger, and at the same time I wanted to shout at him, to pull him from his seat and tell him with every word I had: You can't look at me like that and stay calm. But I knew