Chapter 351

Stephan's warm breath brushed against Felicia's ear, making her spine tingle. Combined with Stephan's teasing tone, which was thick with innuendo, the atmosphere was unmistakably charged. The storeroom was pitch-black, with the only illumination coming from the faint light seeping in from the door's cracks. Despite the darkness, Felicia could feel Stephan's burning gaze locked onto her. She shrugged, feigning nonchalance. "It's either friends or not even that. There's no middle ground." Stephan chuckled, his hold around her waist tightening. He made it clear he wasn't about to let her go. "Funny," he murmured, his voice dangerously low. "You weren't talking about 'just friends' when you were begging me last time." The suggestive edge in his tone caught Felicia off guard, her mind flashing to that night. She'd been drugged by Arnold and was barely keeping herself together until Stephan found her and got her out of the Lawson residence. Once her defenses crumbled, everything el