Even after Her Death by Rita Bond

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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the bedspread, now crumpled in

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muscles loosened. A wave of relief washed over me, making me

the back of my hand. "Carter, how do you even know how

do this?"

a leg injury, he was astonishingly

up along the way," he said casually. "Alright,

skillful hands had earned my trust, so I nodded. "Sure,

spoke

rolled my dress up to the top of my thigh, the heat that had finally subsided returned with

his fingertips brushed against my skin. I

formed on my forehead from the sharp, shooting pain. His eyes, warm and focused, met mine. "Be good. Zoey.

a faint, almost imperceptible trace of something intimate

sheets, silently chanting in my head, "You can't see me. You can't

my skin. Each stroke sent my

snow had begun falling again, fluttering down under the soft glow of streetlights. The

started to

quietly enduring

been focused

attention

unwavering patience for nearly two hours. He seemed tireless, far

was beginning to feel better, guilt started to creep in. It didn't seem fair for him to

now. You can stop.

fine. Are you sure you're feeling

prove it, I hopped off the bed and spun around in

knees buckled, and before I knew it, I

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slipped around my slender waist, holding me close as his deep, husky voice murmured in my car, "Zoey, I'm a normal man. If you keep this up, you're

pulling the covers tightly around myself until I was

softly, his tone carrying a trace of indulgence. "Good

still feel the lingering warmth of

too exhausted to dwell on

a grueling morning of training, Damian reminded me, "Mrs.

rolling down my cheeks. "Who's on

"All the Boltons,

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

needed to retrieve,

the journal well, so it shouldn't have been confiscated

day, that journal would become the key evidence to

I'll go get

my weary body back to my room, I took a shower. When I emerged, Carter was

as he'd predicted, I was starting to feel

leg? If it

so much for me; I wanted