CHAPTER 87
SEBASTIAN’S POV
I didn’t know why I asked that. Maybe because I assume it was exactly what I was feeling. Or actually, maybe because I wanted to hear her say it—to put words to this thing twisting and digging in my chest.
Amelia held my gaze, and she didn’t blink. Not once, as if searching for something in my eyes. With the way moonlight reflected in her eyes, it made them glow like cut emeralds and jades. She didn’t hesitate, nor did she look away. The waves crashed close to our feet, sending a wave of cold breeze that lifted stray strands of her auburn hair, some falling into her face. She didn’t move to fix them. She just kept staring at me, deep in thought.
“Temptation?” she repeated, her voice soft, barely audible over the waves. Yes. Temptation.
I wasn’t even sur
