CHAPTER 0117

Willa’s POV:

I froze, my breath stuttering. For a second, everything just… blurred out. Killian didn’t say another word. He just held me tightly. The water droplets on his skin felt hot all of a sudden.

“Oh,” I whispered, my throat tight as I tried to swallow.

Killian didn’t look at me. His face remained buried in my neck, his breath uneven, as if just saying those words had cost him something.

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