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Corrine blinked, taken aback. She hadn't expected Elva to be so forward.
“Then she clearly misjudged her target.”
Nate flicked her earring with an idle finger. “Why do you say that?”
“She's offering something other men of your family would leap to accept. The position of Hopkins family head
isn’t just powerful—it’s coveted. Many would've agreed to marry her without hesitation. But you're not like
them,” Corrine replied.
Her words weren't flattery; they were truth, unvarnished and sincere.
Though she didn’t know how Nate had clawed his way to the top, the fact that he'd succeeded was proof enough
—he had power, and he earned it on his own terms. That made Elva’s offer meaningless.
Nate’s smile deepened, rich with amusement. “So, in your eyes, I'm that extraordinary.”
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Corrine wrinkled her nose and pushed him back with a frown. “Stop being so smug.”
“I'm not being smug,” he said with a laugh. “I'm just making sure you know I'm worth noticing. I'm a good lad.”
Corrine had no words for that. She merely sighed.
Later that night, she found herself coaxed into Nate's room.
After their fervent entanglement, she lay draped in his arms, spent and breathless.
The wound on Nate's chest had long since healed, but the scar it left behind was jagged and cruel, like an ugly
centipede stitched across his skin.
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Her fingers traced the ridged line with feather-light touches. “Does it hurt?”
The question seemed simple, but it carried a deeper meaning.
Nate caught her hand in his, his Adam's apple bobbing as his voice dropped to a hoarse murmur. “Are you feeling
sorry for me?”
“Yes,” Corrine replied softly.
Nate leaned in, his breath brushing her ear. “You're makingwant you all over again.”
Corrine scrunched up her face.
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