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Chapter 50

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Ivan allowed Shawn to take the lead. His mouth, teeth, and tongue dominated every nook and cranny of his own mouth. It felt as though Shawn could not get enough, as though he wanted more. He was desperate to suck in every taste of Ivan’s mouth, desperate to eat him whole. Ivan’s response matched Shawn’s hunger.

The way his finger scratched his back, the way he drew Shawn closer to himself, letting him feel his arousal, the way Shawn’s hand slid through his hair and gripped it, sent a fiery fire of sensation rushing through Ivan from head to toe. Then he felt Shawn stiffen and his hands jerked away from Ivan like he had touched a scorching object.

Shawn’s heart almost dropped to the floor. What had he done? This was a mistake, everything! From the moment he accepted the invitation to attending the reunion party, it had been a huge mistake. A mistake he could have certainly avoided.

Shawn pushed Ivan away from him, a shocked look on his face as they both stared at each other, lips red and swollen. Shawn took a step backward as Ivan tried to reach out to touch him.

WHY? WHY? This wasn’t the f****g plan! Kissing Ivan? No. It never crossed his mind, let alone being in his plan.

And here he was, kissing the person he had sworn to ignore, never to look at or talk to. G*n it**! He just couldn’t take his

eyes off Ivan

There was something about Ivan that drew and locked him in. Deep down, he never regretted the kiss, but letting Ivan know that he still had control over him and could heighten his senses with just one look and one kiss made the blood in his veins boil. He was already mad, mad at himself, his wayward emotions, and the f**g beautiful man whom he had just Lissed like his life depended on it.

Ivan hated the look on Shawn’s face. It was a look of shock and disgust. Ivan could tell what that shock meant. Both of them had never planned to kiss at the reunion party, but the disgust on Shawn’s face? He could not tell where that was coming from.

And then all the lights were finally turned on. The murmurs from the crowd grew louder. Shawn swallowed hard, turned back, and walked out of the hall, trying to exhale as much air as be could. His eyes watered as he took outside the hall, ignoring one of his friends trying to greet him.

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As Ivan was about to go after Shawn, Sera came right in front of him, a smile on her face which immediately disappeared as she watched the look on her fiancé’s face.

“Honey bunny? What is wrong? What is that look on your face? Who are you looking at?” she asked Ivan, turning her head. Sera tried to see who Ivan was looking at. There was no one standing at the entrance of the hall. Everyone was either chatting away, drinking, walking out, or walking into the hall.

Sera turned to look at Ivan. She held his face with both hands and forced him to look at her. “Where have you been? Who have you been dancing with?”

Ivan looked at her, giving her a sad smile and a soft kiss on her forehead. “I have been here, babe, dancing with a stranger. The word ‘stranger’ left a bitter taste in Ivan’s mouth. He knew Shawn was no stranger. He never was, and would never be. For G**d’s sake! Who kissed a stranger and wanted more? Who looked at a stranger the way their eyes first met?

Definitely, a stranger would never let your heart beat loudly in your chest, your palms sweat, and raw need and lust in your

eyes

“Hmm, okay? So you want us to make the announcement? Sera asked Ivan, a little giggle escaping her lips as she held his

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“What? Now?” Ivan asked, suprised to see that Sera was still very much interested in them announcing their marriage at the reunion party. And most importantly, he was itching to get out of the hall, to find Shawn. A part of him wondered if Shawn had left the party, if he had decided to stay away this time forever, like he had promised ten years ago.

A part of him wanted them to talk about their past and what happened tonight.

“Yes, babe, I already told the MC. He would be calling us soon,” Sera said, smiling widely as she watched the MC pick up microphone. Unknown to her, Ivan never heard what she had just said.

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“Ladies and gentlemen, it’s with great pleasure that I’m standing up here to make this announcement. Never has this been announced in our reunion party for the past thirty years. Today, this night, we will be making the first wedding announcement of our alumni, Ivan Hudson!” the MC spoke, and a thunderous round of applause and whistles broke throughout the whole hall as Sera and Ivan walked to the podium.

Sera had a bright, excited smile on her face. Ivan had a forced smile on his.

As they stood before the crowd, all eyes on them, Ivan could feel the burning gaze of one person, even though he could not make out where exactly he was standing.

He could feel his eyes drilling holes in his forehead, and the sensation he had felt when Shawn kissed him came back in full force, making his body tremble as they both waited for the crowd to stop clapping and the noise to die down.

Ivan used that opportunity to scan the room for that one person, the only person capable of making him feel things he had never felt before, the one man whose eyes, lips, and hand could set his entire body on fire.

And there he was, standing at the far end of the hall, as elegant as always, as charming as he could be, as dominant as he had turned to, Shawn Hudson, with both hands in his pockets, staring directly at Ivan.

That moment, Ivan’s breath stopped, everything and everyone around him faded into thin air. In that huge hall, standing on the podium with the microphone in his hands, it was just him and Shawn alone, staring at each other.