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.

flee again. After all, even a cornered bunny will bite-a lesson he'd learned from Aurora three years earlier. He wasn't

Submerged in the bathtub, which was a massage tub that adjusted to maintain

unlucky-everything had been going smoothly until she encountered

and she submerged herself completely, wary. "What

bringing you some clothes. You wouldn't want to come out naked, would you? Of course, I wouldn't mind, and I can just take them away," he said, holding a nightgown. Seeing him

the clothes down," she said urgently, reaching out to stop

hand brushing ambiguously over

you cad!" Aurora quickly withdrew