Chapter 145
Stephanie's Point of View
His harsh features hardened like stone the moment I cast that confession, which escaped from between my lips like the final breaths of a dying soul. Every movement within his expansive office faded, and the hands of time ground to a halt for me as I watched the transformation of his strict expressions. His towering stature neared me with a slow, calculated, and unsettling step, his massive build sweeping away all the remaining air between us.
He uttered a single word that emerged resounding, deep, and heavy in the hollow of the silence enveloping the room: "A virgin?"
