Lila POV
By morning, our parents’ marriage was over. Richard was in custody, Mom was under investigation, and every news outlet on the East Coast was running the story: “University Embezzlement Scandal, Murder Cover-Up, and the Forbidden Step-Siblings at the Center of It All.”
We didn’t care.
Damon and I spent the next three days holed up in a cheap motel just off campus, ignoring the world. We f****d, we talked, we f****d again. No more hiding. No more rules.
On the fourth night, he took my hand and looked at me with those dark, stormy eyes.
“We will go back to the art studio tonight. Where it all started. One last time while everything’s still forbidden. Then… we face whatever comes next. Together.”
I kissed him hard. “Yes.”
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The art studio was exactly as I remembered it d
