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Chapter 487 The Stranger in the Dark
The filthy men’s voices drew closer, making Adeline’s heart hammer against her ribs.
Then-footsteps faded.
They must have gone to another floor.
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She stayed pressed against the door, gasping for breath, too afraid to risk going out and running into them.
again. Relief was just beginning to seep into her bones when a shadow lunged from the bed like a predator,
knocking her flat against the door.
The room was pitch-black. The curtains were drawn tight, blocking even the neon glow outside.
She couldn't see his face, only that he was tall-nearly 6’3". His body radiated heat, his breath hot against her
skin. Just like her, he was burning up.
“You.. letgo first...”
Her voice shook. Being pinned down by a stranger in the dark was terrifying.
And the strange heat rising inside her made her panic more. Their bodies pressed close, and she could feel the
man trembling. Suppressed, restrained tremors.
He was drugged too. Struggling to fight it.
She braced for him to lose control-but instead, he let her go.
Adeline’s chest rose and fell with a sharp breath of relief. Still, her heart didn’t settle.
Those men had said the drug inside her couldn’t be cured at a hospital-that without a man’s help, her body
would collapse.
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She thought of her adoptive parents, who had loved her like their own flesh and blood, even after having a
daughter of their own. They always said she was their family’s good-luck star, that because fate gave her a little
sister, they had been blessed with one.
They always said their family would be together forever.
If she died tonight, how could her parents and little sister ever bear it?
She wanted to live.
The man in the room was James’s/younger brother, Victor.
He had been ambushed that evening at a class reunion by a desperate woman who wanted to marry rich. She
had slipped him a vicious drug and tried to force herself on him. But Victor had thrown her off, gagging in
disgust.
Not wanting his family to see him like that, he had fled to a hotel instead of going home. In his haze, he hadn't
even shut the door properly. That mistake led Adeline to stumble into his room.
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Victor had never been interested in women. He'd never planned to marry, never planned for children. The last
thing he would ever do was touch a stranger.
He stepped back now, putting distance between them, moving toward the far side of the room.
But after two steps, he froze.
She smelled... different.
Not cloying like the woman who had tried to trap him earlier. Her scent was light, clean-like fresh fruit, cool and
tempting.
And when he had been on top of her just now, her body had been soft. Too soft. Like a dream pulling him under.
That woman had told him the drug she gave him would kill him by morning unless he had a woman's help.
If he had to give in, he wanted it to be this one-the one who didn’t repulse him.
Adeline, still flushed, realized in that
brief contact how solid he felt, haw
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She struggled inside for long moments before deciding-she’d offer money. She'd ask him how much it would
take.
But before she could speak, he spun back around and strode forward, wrapping her in his arms with crushing
force.
Any other woman's touch had always sickened him. But holding her-even with every ounce of strength- didn’t
feel wrong.
It only fed the fire raging through him, until he was consumed.
His head dipped, his mouth closing over her lips in a searing, desperate kiss.
“Tonight, | need you. If you're willing-I'll take responsibility.”
His voice was raw, hoarse, almost unrecognizable.
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