ZOE’S POV
He stopped right in front of me,too close and I instantly felt like a cornered mouse with no way to escape. His gaze dropped briefly to my mouth and my lungs forgot how to work.
“Were you jealous?”
The question struck me so fast I didn't have enough time to pull myself together.
“No.” I blurted out quickly.
His eyes darkened as a slow smile spread across his face. He circled me and in the next second his palm connected with my a.ss in a hard, shocking smack.
I yelped and surged forward, my breath leaving me in a gasp.His hands moved my hair which I had let down today to the side. “That,” he murmured near my ear, “was the wrong answer.”
My skin burned where he had struck me,my heart pounding so hard in my chest. My eyes followed his movements till he was standing in front
