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
were strong and
to pause, his gaze growing heated as he saw her
whisper, “Whitney,
Whitney
inappropriate and can be misconstrued,”
understanding dawning on her, “I
aren’t you?” His voice was
words were even more inappropriate
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hand, applying the ointment, shifted direction, accidentally gripping her
her, and from his angle, her waist seemed as soft as a ribbon, as if
pupils darkened, and he abruptly stood up, quelling
“Thank you…”
spot where his fingers had touched
was steamy, and
she pulled her shirt down, “You should
I patch you up, and that’s how you repay me?”
I’m just trying to avoid an awkward
respond, she asked, “What would you like me to do,
his feathers. He caught sight of her innocent eyes and decided to
cheeks flushed a furious shade
that in a moment of compromise,
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