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CHAPTER 387
~Valerie's POV~
Dominic's lazy smirk stayed as he loosened his tie. The room smelled faintly of lemon polish and something sharper beneath it, like a metal edge that made the back of his neck prickle.
He let the smirk hang there like a shield.
"You are not scared?" Storm asked in a flat voice.
Dominic glanced over, narrowing his eyes. "Why should I be when you broke into my house and my room?" He let the question sit like a challenge.
"Shouldn't that mean you should be scared?" Storm countered.
"No. The question is, are you scared?" Dominic tossed back.
"No. But I have a proposition for you." Storm's tone didn't change.
Dominic's hand paused at his phone. "I'm not interested."
Storm pushed himself up from the chair, easily. When he walked toward Dominic, the black he wore looked like a smear of night: fitted jacket, dark trousers, boots that made no sound on the rug.
