Even after Her Death by Rita Bond

Chapter 189

Chapter 191 The Journal

My face burned even redder, but at this point, there was no turning back.

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The moment my silk robe slipped to the floor, I collapsed onto the bed like a lifeless doll, burying my face. into the soft silk sheets beneath me.

Out of the corner of my ear, I thought 1 heard a faint chuckle from Carter, though I didn't dare to lift my head and confirm it.

Muffled by the sheets, I muttered, "Carter, you can start now."

To break the awkwardness, I even tried to joke. "Don't go easy on me just because I'm a delicate woman."

"Alright." His laugh was clearer this time, low and warm

Then, he lifted my leg gently.

The unexpected contact made me flinch, my instincts pulling me away.

"Don't be scared, Zoey,"

His soothing tone calmed me, and I forced myself to stay still as he applied a cool ointment to my calf and began spreading it evenly.

The room filled with the faint scent of herbs. The moment his fingers pressed down, I couldn't help but

cry out.

I'm not even using much pressu

"Okay...

Relax."

He started massaging gently. "It might hurt a little at first, but the ointment works best with this technique. You'll feel much better tomorrow."

His words startled me. "Wait, you're going to massage it too?

"Of course. After exercise, you do stretches or use a massage gun to relax your muscles, don't you? This is the same idea. Just think of me as your massage therapist." Think of Carter as a massage therapist. Who in their right mind would dare?

Still, his technique felt surprisingly professional. Each motion pressed perfectly into the tension points along my muscles and tendons.

Gripping the sheets tightly, I clenched my teeth against the pain.

"Just hang in there, he murmured in a low, soothing voice, "A bit of pain now, and you'll feel much better

afterward.

"Alright...

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fade, and my stiff calf muscles loosened. A wave of relief washed over me, making me almost eager for him to move

the back of

do this?"

with a leg injury, he was

casually. "Alright, next is your thigh. You're okay with

earned my trust,

spoke too

he rolled my dress up to the top of my thigh, the heat that

fingertips brushed against my skin. I let out

His eyes, warm and focused, met mine. "Be

imperceptible trace of

face into the sheets, silently chanting in my head, "You can't see

I couldn't ignore the sensation of his fingertips against my skin. Each stroke sent my thoughts spiraling

of streetlights. The yard lights cast a warm and festive glow, creating

started to drift a

my injuries alone, quietly enduring without anyone

been

attention

nearly two hours. He seemed tireless, far more enduring

It didn't

now. You can stop. Aren't

faintly. "I'm fine. Are you

the bed and spun

knew it, I fell straight

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husky voice murmured in my car, "Zoey, I'm a normal man.

covers tightly around myself until I was cocooned. From under

tone carrying a trace of

passed, I could still feel the

exhausted to dwell on

next day, after a grueling morning of training, Damian reminded me, "Mrs. Bolton,

of sweat rolling down my cheeks. "Who's on the

"All the Boltons,

recently, the Sanders were likely using the festive season as an

a few personal items I needed to retrieve, including a journal that chronicled everything I'd been through in recent

so it shouldn't have been confiscated by the

day, that journal would become the key

go get

When I emerged, Carter was waiting for me. with a

incident, as he'd predicted, I was starting to

By the way, does massage help your leg? If it does, maybe I could

I wanted to return the

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