Chapter 33
Callista's Point of View
As I stood there, my heart pounded in my chest, and the room seemed to hold its breath. Ice's eyes widened in shock, his anger momentarily frozen. The tension in the room was palpable, as if time itself had come to a standstill.
Ice stared at me, his features frozen with disbelief. His grip on my arm loosened slightly, but his eyes remained locked with mine. The silence stretched on, amplifying the pounding of my heart in my ears.
Suddenly, Ice's expression transformed. His anger dissolved, replaced by a mixture of surprise, vulnerability, and a flicker of something else, something I couldn't quite decipher. His eyes softened, thawing the icy barrier that had been separating us.
"You... you love me?" Ice's voice trembled with a mix of astonishment a
