Warning: Mature content in the chapter
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Oscar:
I kept my gaze fixed on her wide, startled eyes as the bathroom door clicked shut. She had been about to close the door on me, but I slipped in before she could. For once, I couldn't help it.
I wasn't supposed to want this much. I wasn't supposed to need this badly. And yet... here I was, my chest tight, my heartbeat unsteady, my gaze locked on the one person who could shatter me with a single word.
Her lips parted, just the smallest bit. "Oscar…"
That sound alone nearly undid me.
I had built my whole life on restraint, on keeping myself controlled and unshakable. River led, Kieran comforted, Draven fought - but me? I had been the silent shadow, the calculating one, the cold and untouchable one. And everyone believed it. Everyone thought nothing could touch me.
But she did. My mate did.