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.

conveying his emotion.

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

around the nape of my neck. He tilted my chin up further with his hands as he cupped my face.

pulled my 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

and reminding me of the night that

skin. Once he 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 strap and slid it off of my shoulder. The fabric fell down and exposed my round, milky white breast in the moonlight. Goosebumps were

was

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

feeling a pang in my chest as

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

released her scent yet again, and I would have to reprimand her for it later as we had agreed

nightgown fall back down around my legs. “We want each other. Why can’t we just be

just can’t,” Edrick replied, sounding almost

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

we got too close and he felt the need to distance himself from me for no apparent reason. I

too long. I want to know the real reason behind why you find it so

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