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.

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

fingers were

heated as he saw her

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

Whitney

be

dawning on her, “I meant it literally. Be

cheeky, aren’t you?” His voice

words were even more inappropriate and buried

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the ointment, shifted

from his angle, her waist

darkened, and he abruptly stood up, quelling the rising fire

“Thank you…”

where his fingers had touched felt like

air between them was steamy, and his breathing

quickening as she pulled her shirt down, “You

that’s how you repay

on, I’m just trying to

knowing how to respond, she asked, “What would you like me to do,

from her–just the lack of a simple ‘thank you‘ had ruffled his feathers. He caught

flushed a furious

said that in a moment of compromise, and he took it

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