Chapter 204
Stephanie's POV
I stumbled two steps backward until my heels hit the edge of the mattress. His words crashed over me like a sledgehammer, leaving a deafening ring in my ears that utterly paralyzed my tongue. I stared at his stone-cold, expressionless face, then glanced toward the doorway where his mother had just vanished.
"What... what did you just say?" I choked out, my voice barely audible as pure panic seized my throat. "Have you completely lost your mind?! I am not taking off anything!"
He advanced toward me with slow, calculated strides. His hands moved with an infuriating calmness, unbuttoning the top of his dress shirt as he closed the distance. His deep, gravelly voice dropped, carrying a suffocating, absolute authority as his eyes pinned mine.
