The Mysterious Lover Who Stole my Heart Online

until dawn bled through the curtains, her own reflection haunting her from that live feed.

ever left the app. Whoever "Ares" was, he had seen her. He had a camera some

Something in her chest tightened at the thought of explaining it. They would cal

ied her out of habit rather than intention. She ordered her usual chamomile tea a

as when sh

of every person in the café. His hair was dark, a little tousled, his jaw sharp enough to look lik

sta. They weren't idly scanning the r

throat

gerous and oddly familiar. He collected his order, adjusted t

dly she was certain the e

rying an easy confidence that made the words sou

ng her lips to part.

e on the table between them. "You loo

ickened. "Do

. "Not yet. But I

they hit her like a thunder

e Ares had used

blood r

ed, her voice trembling de

e offered the name like a gift, his eyes glintin

omach

u know my name

ing his coffee. "You look

m. And maybe it would have-if she hadn't spent the last twenty-fo

out, resting lightly on the table. Not touching her,

nto something gentler. "I'm not a stalker. I'm

nstincts screa

head in the café turned toward her, heat flooding her cheeks. She muttered an apology to no one

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at work, couldn't laugh at Dede's jokes, couldn't think

ke chains. She locked her door twice, checked the windows again, and sea

t on the bed, h

htened as she

handsome,

s breat

flew acros

e there. You sa

y came i

what he seems.

er teeth, typ

rust you? The stranger who wa

as though in response, befo

l protect you. Even

adly she dropped the

e charming stranger who seemed to know her name without ask

errifi

eper into a web sh

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out for drinks. "You need fresh air, a little fun. St

r. Music pounded, glasses clinked, and the smell of whiskey and p

she sa

a

lips curved into that same infuriating smirk. His gaze l

racks, her heart slam

Dede whispered, f

The lie stuck

ff the bar and walked toward them, th

oothly, ignoring Dede e

omach

ing between them. "Uh, excuse

now your friend," Jace replied with a

r legs refused to move. His presence was magnetic, overwhelmin

demand answers, but before a single wor

en need to lo

the screen when she fina

u not to trust

eath c

w what she'd just read. His gaze sharpened,

ser, his voice low eno

ger..." He paused, his lips brushing dangerously close to h

dy went rigid, her

e realized one terrifying