Devil's Prisoner of Love by Prefer

Chapter 24: Or Should I Help You

The cold water cascaded over her fair, smooth skin, gathering into small streams across her chest. Aurora, her body speckled with droplets, resembled a rose after the rain, enticingly dew-kissed and ripe for picking. As the water slowly warmed, Aurora's heart remained frozen, her gaze ice-cold as she stared at the man before her.

Julian, seemingly oblivious to her expression, let his eyes linger on her chest and below. "Last one, do you want to do it, or should I?" he asked.

"You're shameless!" Aurora exclaimed. Other than three years ago, when she had revealed herself to Julian, she had never been so exposed in front of another man. That night, though she had tried every trick to entice Julian, the real deal had only really happened once, three years ago.

Now, the thought of undressing in front of a man was utterly humiliating. "Looks like it's up to me," Julian said, moving to undress her.

"Get out! I'll wash myself," Aurora declared, knowing well what this man was capable of, and resigned that she couldn't escape today.

smile. "Alright, you have twenty minutes," he conceded, not wanting to push Aurora too hard for fear she might flee again. After all, even a cornered bunny will bite-a lesson he'd learned from Aurora three years earlier. He wasn't afraid of her biting; he was just worried she might

taken aback; she had thought it would take much effort to make him leave. Submerged in the bathtub, which was a massage tub that adjusted to maintain

back into the bathwater, feeling unlucky-everything had been going smoothly until

and she submerged herself completely, wary. "What are you doing here

out naked, would you? Of course, I wouldn't mind, and I can just take them away," he said, holding a nightgown. Seeing him pretend to leave, Aurora felt helpless. She couldn't very well come out in soaking wet clothes, which would be no different from

clothes down," she said urgently, reaching out to

faintly and placed the clothes aside, his hand brushing ambiguously

you cad!" Aurora quickly withdrew her hand back into the