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Fourteen

Dakota

My heart palpitations grew erratic and I broke into a nervous sweat. Pretending that Axton's question didn't shake my core, I shut my eyes and took deep, controlled breaths, trying to come up with an answer.

The tension in the room was a massive elephant and Axton stared at me with a longing. Every time his gaze met mine, my heart turned over in response.

This was the perfect time for me to tell him the truth about myself which I knew he wasn't going to take lightly, but somewhere in my heart was an unwillingness to expose myself to him.

Standing too close for comfort, he ran his gaze across my body, lingering for a moment on my lips, before returning to initiate prolonged, intense eye contact.

"Go on. Cat got your tongue?" he smirked, mocking me. "Do you want me or not?"

His eyes saw right through me, making me exposed and vulnerable. I looked away, trying to gather my thoughts.

A part of me wanted to ask him to reject me and be free of these confusing feelings, but a
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