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.

pulled away, clearly trying to distance herself. Exasperated, Jayden wrapped her in a tight embrace, his voice filled

she clung to him, her body burning with an unnatural heat that felt like

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

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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 truth, so he resolved to

he found her still nestled tightly against him. With a teasing smile that danced in his eyes, he

Jayden’s playful banter sent a flush of embarrassment crashing over her like

proximity, reluctant to create any distance between them—she

away and avoid crossing lines she’d regret, but her body seemed to have a will of its own, clinging even tighter

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