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
fingers were strong
pause, his gaze growing heated as he saw her
her in a rough whisper, “Whitney, there are things you
Whitney was
are inappropriate and can be misconstrued,” his
“I meant it literally. Be gentle. It
getting cheeky, aren’t you?” His voice was now hoarse with
even more inappropriate and buried
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hand, applying the
his angle, her waist seemed as soft
pupils darkened, and he abruptly stood up, quelling the rising fire within him.
“Thank you…”
spot where his fingers had
them was steamy, and his breathing
she pulled her shirt down, “You should get some
that’s how you repay me?” Ludwik’s voice held a note of
just trying to avoid
asked, “What would you like me to
you‘ had ruffled his feathers. He caught sight of her innocent eyes and
a furious
had said that in a moment of compromise, and he took it
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