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.

eyes conveying his emotion. There was

wrap firmly around my waist, and he pulled me close. 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

my neck. He tilted my chin up further with his hands as he cupped my face. I felt a soft, involuntary moan escape my

though I weighed nothing. I wrapped my legs around him as he carried

lips. I could feel his erection through his pants, pressing against me and reminding me of the night

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 strap and

he was

in his eyes faded back to gray, and he quickly covered my breast again before sitting up and putting distance between us. His face

pang in my chest as I looked at

he said, his voice low and stern. “It’s not fair. It makes me… It makes

her for it later as we had agreed that she would ask

I asked, standing and letting my thin nightgown fall back down around my legs.

can’t,” Edrick replied, sounding

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

always did when we got too close and he felt the need to distance himself from me for no apparent reason. I grabbed his arm, maybe a little

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