Chapter 112

**TITLE: Temptation 112**

**Chapter 112**

The moment Remi’s eyes met mine, I felt a heavy weight settle in my stomach. The expression that flickered across her face was enough to tell me that my presence was unwelcome.

The torrential downpour had finally subsided, leaving behind only a gentle drizzle, and I seized upon this as a flimsy excuse to approach her. “I’ll just ask for the umbrella,” I told myself, but deep down, I knew the truth: the umbrella was the last thing on my mind. I didn’t care if she kept it forever; I simply craved another chance to be near her.

As she stepped beneath the umbrella, walking alongside me back from school, I couldn’t help but notice how she maintained a careful distance, as if an invisible barrier separated us. Each time our shoulders brushed, she seemed to flinch away, darting back toward the rain like it was a refuge. It stung to think that perhaps she found me repulsive. I wouldn’t have blamed her; I had been cruel to her in the past.

Yet, when she stood so close, gazing up at me with those captivating eyes, I saw something different. There was a flicker of longing in her gaze, one that was fixated on my lips, and it ignited a fire within me. She was so near that the urge to kiss her became almost unbearable.

But I had no natural disaster to blame if I acted on that impulse. My instincts battled within me; my wolf howled in support of that reckless desire, while my human side cautioned me against such folly. I turned my head away, forcing myself to step out from under the protective canopy of the umbrella, desperate to escape the temptation that threatened to consume me.