CHAPTER 16
Damien barely spoke during the ride back to the villa. The mysterious woman’s unexpected arrival had left him irritated and distracted, but it wasn’t her beauty that haunted him now.
It was Selene.
Even in the chaos of work, even after a near-attack in his own home, she lingered in his thoughts like a thorn under his skin—sharp, impossible to ignore, and slowly driving him insane.
When he arrived, he expected to find her pacing, demanding explanations, shouting at him for dragging her into this twisted life.
Instead, she didn’t even look at him.
She sat in the living room, arms folded tightly, her face blank. He stood in the doorway for a moment, watching her. Then he moved closer, hands in his pockets, his voice cool.
“So that’s it? You run off into the woods like some c
