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.

night, in a space where there were only

She grabbed Marcellus' hand.

expecting her to take further action, Marcellus stiffened at her

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

someone to accompany

on his hand slightly. Her

leap out of her throat, and her

you.

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

seemed to ask, "Do you know what you're

most of the time, but tonight, he laid everything bare in front of her without

this moment, no amount of words could fill the void in

reached out and hooked her fingers around his neck. Slowly, she raised herself and gently kissed his equally soft lips. Her voice was small but firm, "I want to be with

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

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