Chapter Twenty Eight

VAUGHN

My heart thumped with the promise of pain. Severe, unyielding pain.

“But—”

“No buts, Tessa.”

By this time, I had stepped so close that there was hardly a few inches between us. Our proximity was unsettling for Tessa, it was on her face. If I was less of a bastard, I would have stepped back but I wasn't.

Instead, I gripped her elbow and steered her towards the couch. I motioned with my h