Chapter 98

LYDIA’S POV

For a moment after he pulled away, I couldn’t breathe properly.

My lips still tingled, my chest rising too fast, my thoughts completely scattered. The room felt smaller somehow, like the walls had shifted closer without warning.

And then reality settled in. Slow. Awkward. Unforgiving. I looked down immediately, my fingers tightening slightly against the fabric of my dress as heat crept