Chapter 1
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So when I saw the tall, rain-soaked man standing at my door, I asked uncertainly, "Can I help you?"
He didn't answer. Those amber eyes just stared at me.
Through the downpour, they gleamed with golden light, like a beast's.
Power rolled off him in waves, making me instinctively retreat.
Plus, he was extremely tall—at least six-three. Looking up at him made my neck ache.
I retreated half a step, uncomfortable.
"If you're looking for Sebastian, he's back at his flat. You can contact him there."
I was about to close the door when I heard him laugh mockingly.
"Isabelle Ashford."
"What's the meaning of this? Forcing me to come back, then pretending not to know me?"
His voice was slightly hoarse, laden with countless restrained and suppressed emotions.
I froze, Lillian's descriptions suddenly clicking into place.
Through the gap in the door, I stared at his rain-soaked dark hair and those amber eyes for a long time.
Slowly, his features aligned with the boy from the photographs.
Finally.
In the relentless rain, I opened the door.
Hesitantly calling out that unfamiliar name—
"Dominic?"
