NINA'S POV
He leaned forward and my heart beat quickened.
For a second I thought this was it … that I finally had him, that I’d wrapped my plans around him and could pull him close. I closed my eyes, waiting for his lips to touch mine. The kiss I’d been dreaming of. The club’s light threw colors across his face and everything in me expected the moment to crack open into something I’d remembered in secret.
Instead, I heard it .. a low, cold chuckle.
My eyes flew open, confusion spreading through me. That smile on his face.. it wasn’t warm. It was mocking.
“A b***h will always be a b***h,” he said, voice sharp as a blade.
Before I could react, his hand wrapped around my neck, squeezing hard. My breath caught, panic flooding my chest as I clawed weakly at his hand.
And just as suddenl
