Beyond the Divorce by Third Blossom

Chapter 261 Missing You More Than Words

I wanted to kick myself as the words left my mouth I didn’t regret saying it, but a peculiar feeling had washed over me. Sure enough, Atlas smiled at me, but I noticed an unmistakable hostility

My dad spoke up. “What are you saying? Mr. Atlas had a drink, so he shouldn’t be driving!”

“Oh,” I replied, getting up. “Alright.”

When we got to the car, Atlas said, “Head to Cresswind Valley.”

My heart sank a bit. Although Cresswind Valley was closer than Fremont Bay, I wondered why he didn’t

want to go back there

As if reading my thoughts, he explained. Fremont Bay is too far I don’t feel comfortable with you driving

back alone.”

His words left me conflicted Was it because he cared about me?

Neither of us spoke during the drive, and the silence hung heavily in the air. When we reached Cresswind

Tower, he said, “Come up with me

Atlas opened the car door and walked towards the building without acknowledging my hesitation. After a pause, I parked the car and followed him into the lobby

I was so nervous as the

trouble breathing

top floor, I noticed he had booked the same room we had been in

followed with some

added to

and held my chin, making me look directly into his eyes. Atlas looked intense as he asked, “You don’t feel anything, do you?”

figuring out what he meant when he lowered his head and kissed my

and let out an indelicate moan. I pushed against

me into

passionate kiss turned into a tender one. I

when he finally released my lips.

prelund nothing happened?

After everything we’d been through, he couldn’t

of man was

thoughts, Atlas lifted me and headed toward the

we hadn’t even made it to this bedroom on my birthday night. Atlas took his time and pressed down on me, his

at me intensely, as though he hadn’t seen me

over my sense of reason as I stared into his eyes. He

the afterglow, he looked at me and asked, “Don’t you want your daughter taken

to be carefree, just like her, without any burdens,”

why would

said, “It’s precisely because you’re