Ludwik’s Adam’s apple bobbed as Whitney leaned in closer, her soft body seeking his warmth. His breath grew heavier in response, and his cool gaze narrowed.

Whitney’s cheeks flushed with embarrassment. He remained silent, multiplying her discomfort.

Seeing this, Nolan could not help but feel a bit frustrated with Ludwik’s leniency. He decided to tease Whitney “Anything goes, huh? Ms. Valentine, you frequent the clubs a lot, right? You must be good at dancing. How about giving him a little show to lighten the mood?”

Whitney’s face paled as she shot Nolan a cold glare, refusing to dignify his comment with a response.

Her fingers delicately traced Ludwik’s tie, pulling him closer with a humiliated downward glance. “I’ll dance for you at home, Mr. L. Is that satisfactory?”

Her scent wafted to him, stirring a mix of pity and desire.

Her voice was weak, and as Ludwik scrutinized her, he remembered the near brawl she had been caught in earlier that evening. Perhaps she had been hurt?

Considering the child, he thought it might be time to ease up on his lesson.

His hand gripped her chin firmly, his deep eyes lifting. “Are you going to let me get up now?”

Whitney, realizing her imposition, moved back.

walked out, he took her small hand in his, leaving the people

letting her off the hook?

dance for you?” Ludwik’s features turned icy with annoyance,

and Parker exchanged

to charm Ludwik and

I tell you. She’s seduced the usually abstinent Ludwik in a matter of days. If

your mouth, don’t let Whitney

not resist adding, “Whitney is just a contract wife, isn’t she? A

tonight’s events, Ludwik’s

first, hiding her

clouding over. She had brought him home,

furrowed as he questioned Taryn, “What did she tell

ointment. Sir, you should take it to her. She’s so pale with

a rift between the

thick eyebrows knitting

lay on the bed upstairs in the bedroom, in too much pain to move. Hearing footsteps, she mistook them for Taryn and, trembling slightly, she lifted her shirt. “Taryn, I can’t

clothing, the smooth expanse of

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