Chapter 50

LYDIA’S POV

I wasn’t expecting that. Not even close.

If anything, I had braced myself for the opposite. For him to step back. To deny it. To brush it off like it meant nothing.

Because that’s what made sense. That’s what someone like him would do. But Cassian didn’t. He kissed me.

Not just a quick, dismissive peck to silence the questions. No. It was deliberate. Deep.

Possessive. And he didn’t sto