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.

his emotion. There

lips as our breaths intertwined. I felt his arm 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 intimate with Edrick again. Everything felt as

tilted my chin up further with his hands as he cupped my face. I felt a soft, involuntary moan escape my lips, and I pressed my hands up against his chest and began to work at his shirt buttons while his lips traveled

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

and reminding me of the

bit my lip and nodded slowly, watching as he slid a finger under the strap and slid it off of my shoulder.

he was

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

asked, feeling a pang in my chest

stood. “You have to stop releasing your scent,” he said, his voice low and stern. “It’s not fair. It makes me… It makes me lose

have to reprimand her for it later as we had agreed

standing and letting my thin nightgown fall back down around my legs. “We want each other. Why can’t we just be intimate for

can’t,” Edrick replied, sounding almost annoyed.

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

storm off, just like he 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 harder than I meant to, causing

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