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Chloe forced a brittle smile, her arms winding around Xavier’s neck in a defiant embrace. "So, no matter how much you test me or humiliate me, I’m just supposed to keep smiling and pleasing you, right?"

"You call that humiliation?"

The faint, elegant scent of her perfume drifted into his senses, but Xavier’s expression remained a mask of ice. He clamped down on her slender wrists