Chapter 22 Jealousy II

• Sebastian sat down on the daybed in his library, his fingers wrapped tightly around his blue ruin, his head resting on the wall behind him, his eyes clenched shut.
• He couldn't believe he had lost control, something he had cultivated his whole life. To think that he had just relinquished it so early and to a slip of a girl vexed him. What was it about Julia that made him forget himself? She was not the most beautiful woman, but still, she enthralled him in such a way that he couldn't even begin to understand.
• His blood boiled just by being in the same room with her. That was how attracted he was to her. Hell! He saw her and he thought, "Mine." Even now, his blood was boiling hot. He had come out from his study five times to spy on her, taking the steps two at a time, and each time rewarded with a view that made his hands curl.