Chapter 172: Control

Moana

As I listened to Edrick playing the piano, I couldn’t wipe the smile off of my face. I wished that I could see him, but if it made him too nervous, then I was happy to just listen. He played beautifully, and I hoped that I could always hear his music from then on.

The song that he was playing came to an end, and was followed by silence. I didn’t realize it, but I had shut my eyes as I lost myself listening to the music. I opened them again and turned, expecting him to still be sitting at the piano, but he wasn’t.

He was standing right behind me, looking down at me with those glowing silver eyes.

Edrick was so close to me that I could smell his cologne coming off of his shirt and could feel his warm breath on my face. Being this close to him made me tremble, but only in a good way.

“Edrick…” I whispered, looking up to meet his gaze.

with only his glowing silver eyes conveying his

It was almost a little too rough, but at the same time it sent an excited shiver down my spine. My entire body bristled with titillation; finally, after seemingly becoming closer to me after the most recent weeks, I could be intimate with Edrick again. Everything felt as though it

up further with his hands as he cupped my face.

hands away and picked me up as though I weighed nothing. I wrapped my legs around him as he carried me to his bedroom, and

body against mine, running his hand up my leg and pushing up my nightgown as he kissed my lips. I could feel his erection through his pants, pressing against me and reminding me of the night that we first had our fated one night stand. I remembered how big he was, and it made me want to feel that

reached that point, he looked up at me, as though silently asking permission to remove my nightgown. I bit my lip and nodded slowly, watching as he slid a finger under the

he was about

sitting up and putting distance between us. His face looked red with embarrassment, and he avoided my gaze. I sat

a pang in my chest as I looked at

and stood. “You have to stop releasing your scent,” he said, his

yet again, and I would have to reprimand her for it later as we had agreed that she would ask for permission first. But at the same time, I didn’t

letting my thin nightgown fall back down around my legs. “We want each other.

replied, sounding almost

furrowed my brow. “I’m carrying your baby,” I said. My voice was beginning to raise slightly. “We’ve announced ourselves publicly as a couple. We sleep in the same bed, for goodness’ sake. Why do we need to keep doing this? What makes it not

to the door to leave, but I ran after him. I wasn’t going to let him just storm off, just like he always did when we got too close

talk to me, Edrick,” I said. “This has gone on for too long. I want to know the real

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