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    Seeing that Elliana didn’t deny it, Cole took it as confirmation that she and her ex had indeed been intimate. The thought alone carved into him like a de.


    Smiling mischievously, Elliana teased him, “Honestly, why are you sulking? Even though nothing happened between you and Wanda, surely you don’t expect me to believe you’ve remained a virgin all this time?”


    Cole’s anger faltered instantly, reced by a wave of embarrassment. Admitting that no woman had ever been close to him would mean handing her a reason to mock him as a twenty-seven-year-old virgin. The idea of herughing at him was unbearable.


    So, in a childish bid to protect his ego, Cole shot back, “Miss Campbell, you talk about your ex, yet you expect me—someone this irresistible—to still be a virgin?”


    Elliana saw straight through the act, and the pretense only made herugh harder. “If that’s the case, then why the outrage over me having an ex? Why does it bother you?”


    Her words left Cole seething, frustration tightening every line of his face. In his memory, he had never once dated a woman. Intimacy had been so far from him that even holding hands was…


    Foreign. Yet today, Lh had stolen his very first kiss. But unlike him, she truly carried the past of an ex-lover.


    The more he dwelled on it, the hotter his temper burned. Without a word, he pushed open the door, circled the car, slid into the driver’s seat, and shot off, the wheels kicking up dust behind him.


    Elliana’s lips curved as she watched the vehicle vanish, though she gave a yful pout. He had stormed off in a huff, and she couldn’t help wondering just how long it would take before he came back to her.


    When the car disappearedpletely, she gave a little shrug and started toward Rosewood Vi on foot. But before she could take more than a few steps, headlights cut across her path. He wasing back already?


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    Elliana blinked in disbelief. For a man as stubborn as Cole, turning back so quickly seemed impossible. Unless his feelings ran deeper than even he realized, he wouldn’t have returned at all. So what made him return? Her question found an answer as the car pulled up directly in front of her.


    The window lowered slowly, revealing Cole’s impossibly handsome face.


    Elliana kept silent, her gaze locked on him.


    Through the open window, Cole lifted something and held it out. “Miss Campbell, is this what you left in my car?”


    Her eyes dropped, and her heart gave a sudden jolt. Resting in his palm was the very ring he had once ced on her finger—the ring that held authority over ze Wildfire. Somehow, it had slipped from her bag and ended up in his car. But how could she possibly exin the existence of such a powerful token that rightfully belonged to him?


    Cole’s voice came again, calm but probing. “Well? Aren’t you going to reim what’s yours?”<fn5d65> For original chapters go to FindN()vel</fn5d65>


    A thought shed across her mind—perhaps Cole no longer remembered he was the leader of ze Wildfire. If those memories were gone, then naturally, the weight of the ring meant nothing to him.


    Studying his expression carefully, she convinced herself that perhaps he truly had forgotten. In that case, there was no need for exnations.


    Without a word, Elliana reached forward, took the ring from his hand, and tucked it safely into her bag.


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