Chapter 1418 With the Courage of a Moth to a Flame

Feeling her clothes being pulled, Beryl, who had never been intimate with anyone, instinctively raised her hand to stop him. "I... I'm scared..."

Above her, Marcellus stopped his actions. Under his disheveled hair, his dark eyes shimmered with an unreadable light.

After a moment, he spoke in a gravelly voice, "Scared of me?"

Beryl didn't catch the deeper meaning in his words and nodded slightly. "A bit..."

Heh.

A soft breath, barely audible, slipped from the corner of his lips. Beryl couldn't even be sure if he had smiled just now.

"Never mind." He took a deep breath and was about to turn away.

By some strange impulse, seeing his expression and hearing his tone, Beryl felt that if she pushed him away now, there might never be another chance.

were only the two of them, she made the boldest move of her

She grabbed Marcellus' hand.

to take further action, Marcellus

turned his face away and didn't look at her, but even without saying a word, Beryl could sense his longing

needed someone to accompany

a deep breath and loosened her grip on his hand slightly. Her long,

it would leap out of her throat,

afraid of you. I just lack

sentence seemed to pull Marcellus up from the icy depths. It played like a slow-motion replay, and he finally turned

eyes seemed to ask, "Do you

Marcellus most of the time, but tonight, he laid everything bare in front

no amount of words

her fingers around his neck. Slowly, she raised herself and gently kissed his equally soft lips. Her voice was small

with a terrible past and everything mired

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