The heavy, suffocating weight of ten years of lies hung suspended in the quiet dark of the study. My chest heaved against Julian’s bare torso, my fingers still desperately clutching the soft black fabric of his shirt as the last of my ragged sobs finally died down.
The dam hadn't just broken; it had been completely obliterated.
Julian didn't let me go. His massive arms remained wrapped tightly around my waist, pinning my hips flat against his unyielding thighs. He kept his face buried deep in the crook of my neck, his hot, ragged breaths fanning across my sensitive skin, sending sharp, electric shivers straight down to my core. The intense, radiating heat coming off his body was overwhelming, melting away the final icy barriers around my heart.
"Look at me, Evangeline," he growled softl
