Mandy's POV
Heat flooded my face instantly. I shoved against his chest with both hands.
But the man was immovable. No matter how hard I pushed, he didn't budge an inch.
"Let go!" I snapped.
His nose brushed against mine. That cool, detached tone I'd grown used to suddenly transformed into something reverent. Heavy with meaning.
"Even if the entire world stood against us," he said, his voice dropping to something raw and fierce, "I would still choose only you. Mandy, you're my whole goddamn world. Everyone else's opinion? It means nothing. Less than nothing."
His breathing roughened.
The intensity in his gaze pinned me in place like a physical force.
This was the kind of temptation I couldn't resist. The kind of trap I'd walk into willingly, even knowing what it wo
