Breaking Mr. Cold (Giselle and Donovan) novel Chapter 5

Hearing Giselle's shameless words, Donovan wavered between releasing her and holding on. In the end, he just fixed her with a hard stare.

Anne felt an indescribable thrill watching him get physical to "defend" her. Even with water still dripping down her face, she acted like it was nothing. But the moment she noticed Donovan's grip still wrapped around Giselle's arm, a pang of discomfort hit her.

"Don, ignore her. She's a lunatic. There's no telling what she'll do. Just let her go. She's not worth getting your hands dirty!"

"Yeah, Don," Renee chimed in, eager to stir the pot. "I get that you can't stand seeing Anne get picked on. But what you don't know is that Giselle has picked up all kinds of bad habits overseas—smoking, drinking, popping pills, the whole deal.

"Even Tony can't control her. For the sake of family peace, we've had to bite our tongues and let it slide."

But Donovan barely registered Anne's and Renee's buzzing voices. His eyes stayed locked on Giselle's face, his grip still tight around her arm.

Growing impatient, Giselle was about to pry his hand away—until her gaze fell on it, every bit as strong and familiar as she remembered. She changed her mind.

Instead, she laid her hand over his, deliberately stroking it in slow, teasing caresses as she met his gaze, her eyes alight with challenge.

As she'd expected, Donovan grew visibly uneasy under her bold, public teasing. Disgusted, he had no choice but to let her go.

"That's enough. Get the hell out of here!" Anne snapped, her patience shattering the second Giselle touched Donovan's hand.

Done pretending, she hooked her arm around Donovan's and made sure Giselle got the message. "If you love seducing men so much, go sink your claws into someone else. But don't you dare drag my fiancé into your nasty little games. He's way out of your league!"

Giselle scoffed.

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