CHAPTER 27:
Ivy's POV
I lay there in the silence, my body still humming from everything that had just happened, my mind a mess. The question slipped out before I could stop it.
“Damian… who are you? I mean… what are you?”
For a moment, he didn’t move. His chest rose and fell heavily, his breath uneven. Then he let out a long sigh, like he had been holding it in for a long time.
I propped myself on my elbow, my eyes searching his face in the dim light.
“Don’t shut me out,” I whispered. “I need to know. I need to know what’s going on. Why you keep showing up everywhere. Why Lucien D’amato is suddenly so interested in me. I need to hear it all… all of it.”
His jaw tightened, and he turned to look at the ceiling.
“You don’t know what you’re asking, Ivy.”
“Yes, I do.” My voice cracke
