to scare me. Yes, I deeply regret it, and I’m suffering the consequences. But it wasn’t as your friend saw.”

Whitney finished, her voice breaking, tears spilling over as she stubbornly turned her head to wipe them away.

She did not want him to see her weakness, her vulnerability.

But her fragile, tender state unwittingly tugged at Ludwik’s heartstrings.

His eyes widened with surprise, then narrowed as he licked his lips and spoke in a husky voice, “Why didn’t you tell me sooner that you were bullied? I thought you…”

“You never gave me a chance,” she shot back, her voice filled with accusation, “Preston wasn’t the only one who bullied me tonight. Without understanding the situation, you embarrassed me.”

Facing her accusation, Ludwik’s face tightened, “Does it hurt much?”

“What do you think?”

“Lie down. I’ll apply the ointment.”

“Don’t…”

“Don’t argue!”

He was imperious and authoritative, not to be denied, lifting her shirt and steadying her slender waist to apply the ointment.

touch, the moment’s intimacy overwhelming despite its medical nature. Her face flushed as she whispered, “Mr. L,

fingers were strong

his gaze growing heated as

schooling her in a rough whisper, “Whitney, there are things you shouldn’t say

what?” Whitney

and can be misconstrued,” his voice was seductively

understanding dawning on her, “I

you?” His

even more inappropriate and buried her embarrassment

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hand, applying the ointment, shifted direction, accidentally

her, and from his angle, her waist seemed as soft as a ribbon, as if

he abruptly stood up, quelling the rising fire within

“Thank you…”

his fingers had touched felt like it

between them was steamy, and his

she pulled her shirt down, “You should

that’s how you

on, I’m just trying to avoid an

she asked, “What would you like

caught

a furious

that in a moment of

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