⚠️ Warning: Contains intense emotions, romantic tension, and scenes of danger. Reader discretion advised.
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A knife sliced through the air—so close it almost struck his ear.
Bastien froze, a sharp gulp escaping him. Nervous about what might come next, he quickly excused himself from the girl he had been talking to. The woman stood stunned; she had just confessed her feelings to her first love, Bastien, and never expected to witness that.
Bastien slowly turned toward the woman who threw it.
It had been a year since their mutual romantic understanding began, yet the sight of her still made him chuckle. She never changed. Whenever he did something she didn't like—whether it stirred her anger or sparked her jealousy—Meg would, without hesitation, hurl a knife that always landed dangerously close to his ear.
A dangerous woman… yet stunning all the same.
"I reject her. My eyes are only yours, Meg."
He raised his hands defensively, but she only crossed her arms and looked away.
