“What do you want from me?” The coldness in her tone made Fin slowly turn his gaze back to her. “Please don’t ask me that.” His voice was quiet, but no less harsh. “Do you just want to bed me? A quick roll in the sheets? Is that why it isn’t worth pursuing? A meaningless fornication isn’t worth risking your neck; that I can completely understand. Tell me that’s the reason, and I’ll accept it with no hard feelings.” Fin’s jaw clenched and his eyes shifted to a spot on the window behind Annika. The rain pounded it relentlessly, the tattering the only sound in the room as she stared furiously up
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