Unable to resist, Marcus enveloped her from behind, murmuring tender words that lovers often share. “You were absolutely irresistible last night”

Melissa offered a faint smile, but as she showered, her thoughts turned introspective. The steam fogged up the glass, and she lightly tapped her head.

The temptation of men had a way of leading one astray, Melissa thought.

Impulse seemed like the devil's plaything.

Hdl had she felt so hollow last fight, surrendering so easily to Marcus “allure? His motives were evident, yet Melissa harbored no wish to reconcile or begin anew. They

the bathroom, she emerged, wrapped in a

the dining table, casually flipping through the newspaper handed to him by the waiter. The front-page headline caught his attention. It was about the CEO of Fowler Group spending the night

depicted them in the hotel lobby, Melissa draped in his coat, her

the table, her eyes fell upon

her reaction. After a moment, he set the newspaper aside, intertwining his fingers. With a soft voice, he asked, “Do you want to make our relationship official?” “What relationship?” Melissa pretended ignorance as she took the newspaper, scanning its contents before nonchalantly remarking,

But Marcus persisted.

heart, he

this morning, alongside her compliance,

was clear she had no intention of acknowledging what had happened between them last

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