50 Realization

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CHAPTER 50

Sunlight speared through the gaps in the blinds, painting stripes across the rumpled sheets. 

BRRRH!

A low groan escaped from Yasmin's lips as she cracked open an eye, the world throbbing behind her eyelids. A dull ache pulsed in her head, a familiar echo of last night's indulgence. 

"Ugh," she muttered, reaching for her phone on the nightstand. Before she could answer the call, the screen displayed a missed call, the name blank. 

With a grimace, Yasmin stretched, wincing as a sharp pang shot through her lower back. 

'Fuck!' Yasmine cursed inwardly as her gaze drifted across the bed, landing on the bare chest rising and falling rhythmically beside her. 

A jolt of panic jolted her awake. 

A handsome stranger with beautiful snow-kissed skin and tousled dark hair, slept peacefully beside her, oblivious to the storm brewing within Yasmin. 

She swallowed, a knot forming in her throat.