The Exception

Willa’s POV:

My heart was beating so incredibly loud inside my chest, I could barely hear myself think. The frantic, heavy thudding echoed in my ears, drowning out the ambient noise of the room, narrowing my entire universe down to the space between me and the massive, intimidating man hovering over me.

His thumb brushed lightly over my knuckles, the calloused texture of his skin sliding agains