Lily felt a flush of heat rise to her cheeks, her heart quickening in response to the sudden change in the atmosphere. She met his gaze, her eyes locking with his in a charged moment of unspoken desire.
"Is that so?" she replied, her voice carrying a hint of playful seduction.
Nikolai took a step closer, the distance between them narrowing. His fingers grazed the edge of her cloak, his touch sending a shiver of anticipation down her spine.
"It's making it quite difficult to resist," he admitted, his voice a low, enticing murmur.
In that instant, the air seemed to crackle with electricity, and Lily couldn't deny the magnetic pull between them. Their disguises, once shields of deception, had taken on a life of their own, igniting a spark of passion that neither of them could ignore.
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