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I raise an eyebrow.

“Is that so?” I ask. I know there is a war raging inside her, and I know my calmness will only confuse her more.

Good.

She nods, her fingers tightening around the phone.

I take a step closer, towering over her.

“I’ll go with you.”

She blinks.

“Why?” she asks.

She’s confused, and I can hear it in her voice.

I shrug.

“I promised I wouldn’t leave you alone,” I say, pinning her with my eyes. “And I’m not going to.”

I turn away, stepping past her and making my way down the hallway. My steps echo through the hallway, but I only make it a few feet before I hear her jump to her feet behind me.

“Draco?”

I don’t turn around. Instead, I keep my gaze fixed forward, my voice steady and cold.

“Yes?”

Silence stretches between us, taut and heavy. I can feel her struggle, her desperation.

“Never mind.”

It’s getting to her.

She threw herself at me, and I denied her, yet the very next morning I use her to cum.

I won’t fuck her, and she knows it.

Does she feel disgusting?

Unlovable?

I hope she does.

I hope she feels exactly like I did.

Chapter 15

Mercy

The apartment door clicks shut behind us, sealing off the place that has been my world for the past two days. The air in the hallway is cold and brisk, a sign that the world has continued on without me. I wrap my arms around myself, following Draco down the hallway.

What am I doing?I ask myself, my fingers digging into my arms.

Why am I doing this with him?

After last night and this morning, I couldn’t tell if I was angry, confused, or something else.

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