Chapter 37:
Ivy’s POV
“You’re damn right I’d say no.” I took a step toward him, anger bubbling up in my chest. “You think you can just decide what happens to me, Damian? You don’t own me.”
His eyes flashed gold, faint but unmistakable. “I’m not trying to own you. I’m trying to keep you alive.”
“Well, I've been doing quite fine, wayy before you came along, thank you very much!” I glared at him, “Infavt, I would say I was doing better before you came into my life!”
His eyes darkened, not with anger but with sadness, “Do you think I enjoy this?” he asked quietly. “Do you think I like knowing there’s someone out there who’d use you just to get to me?”
I scoffed. “Then leave, why do you want to turn my life into a surveillance zone?”
He exhaled hard through his nose. “You don’t get it. W
