The Forbidden Throb (Emma and Daniel) novel Chapter 99

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The Forbidden Throb

Chapter 99

Emma’s POV:

I stared at Daniel, his question hanging in the air between us.

A man who has ulterior motives toward you.

My mind scrambled to process his words. The rain hammered against the windows, filling the silence as I replayed our conversation. Ev sentence about my friend. My mentor. My-

Oh.

Oh no.

“Daniel.” I took a breath, forcing myself to meet his eyes directly. Those gray–blue eyes that were usually so calm now held something sha and guarded. “I think… I think there’s been a misunderstanding.”

His jaw remained tight. “Has there?”

“My friend is not a man…” I felt a laugh bubble up despite the tension–absurd, inappropriate, but I couldn’t help it. “She is a charismatic

woman.

Daniel went completely still. His eyes fixed on me with a dazed expression, as though my words hadn’t quite registered.

He just stared, unblinking, like someone trying to process information in a language they didn’t fully understand.

I reached for my phone instinctively, ready to pull up proof–a photo, something to show him. But as I scrolled through my camera roll, reality hit me. There were no pictures of Eve. Not a single one.

“Maybe I could call her,” I said suddenly, already pulling up her contact. “A video call. Right now. Then you can see-

“Emma.” Daniel’s voice stopped me, and when I looked up, his ears had turned distinctly pink. That flush had spread further up his neck. impossible to miss now. “That won’t be necessary.”

Daniel Prescott was blushing.

I’d always known him as composed, controlled–the kind of man who could face down hospital administrators and perform life–or–death surgeries without a tremor in his hands.

But now he stood before me with pink–tinged ears and an awkward clearing of his throat, visibly embarrassed by his own jealous assumption

This was a side of him I’d never seen. And something about it made my chest feel unexpectedly warm.

He cleared his throat twice. I apologize for the… assumption.

It’s okay. The words came out softer than I intended.

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The Forbidden Throb

Chapter 99

Emma’s POV:

I stared at Daniel, his question hanging in the air between us.

A man who has ulterior motives toward you.

My mind scrambled to pr

sentence about my fri

Oh.

O

rain hammered against the windows, filling the silence as I replayed our conversation. Every

g myself to meet his eyes directly. Those gray–blue eyes that were usually so calm now held something sharp

nk there’s been a misunderstanding.”

“Has there?”

a man…” I felt a laugh bubble up despite

inappropriate, but I couldn’t help it. “She is a charismatic

ent completely still. His eyes fixed on me

st stared, unblinking, like someone tr

ached for my phone instinctiv me. There were no picture

s though my words hadn’t quite registered.

n a language they didn’t fully understand.

to, something to show him. But as I scrolled through my camera roll, reality

Maybe I could call

“Emma.”

her contact. “A video call. Right now. Then you can see-*

up, his ears had turned distinctly pink. That flush had spread further up his neck,

olled–the kind of man who could face down hospital administrators and perform life–or–death

pink–tinged ears and an awkward clearing of his throat, visibly embarrassed by his own jealous assumption.

ever seen. And something about it made my chest feel unexpectedly warm.

twice. “I apologize for the… assumption.”

words came out softer than I intended.

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Chapter 99

I found myself unable to look away from him, this version of Daniel that seemed suddenly, endearingly human.

“Besides,” I continued, wanting to reassure him, “you don’t need to worry about that at all. I’m not interested in anyone else. Only you

The words escaped before I could catch them.

Heat flooded my fa

to examine.

zed what I’d just said. How revealing it sounded. Like I’d accidentally opened a door to thoughts I wasn

ain, my voice climbing higher, “we have an agreement, right? I promised you. During this arrangement ement with other men. That’s part of our contract–the terms we discussed when we married.”

my mouth, I saw something shift in Daniel’s expression.

had been there moments ago–that endearing embarrassment–faded. His eyes grew distant. Something that looked alm

had shifted into that calm, professional tone he

omorrow you have work, and you’ve had a long

omething felt terribly wrong, but I couldn’t pi

So why did it feel like I’d somehow push

Daniel moved toward the door.

“You’re… leaving now

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