Chapter 1092:

He was about to scold her when he noticed the tear tracks on her face and the unnatural flush on her cheeks. Her eyes were filled with sorrow, longing, and something else—an emotion he couldn’t quite place.

Jayden swallowed hard, suddenly uneasy. “Why are you looking at me like that? It’s unlike you.”

For a fleeting moment, it seemed like she was trying to seduce him.

In a whisper, Elyse said, “Let me be. I need time alone.”

“That’s not possible. There’s a dead body here. We have to get out. Let’s head back to the car,” Jayden insisted, gently tugging at her arm.

to distance herself. Exasperated, Jayden wrapped her in a tight embrace,

an unnatural heat that felt like it could consume

what had happened. Beneath that, a sting of betrayal—Elyse hadn’t trusted him enough

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philter. Though a tide of fury surged within him, he clamped down on his instincts, swallowing back his words. He recognized that Elyse wasn’t ready to tell him the

With a teasing smile that danced in his eyes, he quipped, “Wow, do I have a fan? You’re clinging to me like

her poise. Jayden’s playful banter sent a flush

enough, she found solace in his proximity, reluctant to create any distance

away and avoid crossing lines she’d regret,

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