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.

this late night, in a space where there were only the two of

She grabbed Marcellus' hand.

expecting her to take further

her, but even without saying a word, Beryl could sense his

to accompany him

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

felt like it would leap out of her throat, and

of you. I just lack

played like a slow-motion replay, and he finally turned his head to look at

seemed to ask, "Do you know

usually couldn't understand Marcellus most of the time, but tonight, he laid everything bare in front of her

moment, no amount of words could fill the void in

neck. Slowly, she raised herself and gently kissed his equally soft lips. Her

lonely late night, with a terrible past and everything mired in a

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