Love's New Bloom by Simone Hastings

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Chapter 68 Refusing To Let Go

It was 11 pm when Erin finally arrived at her hometown, Southwrok County.

At home, she exchanged a few simple greetings with her mother, Cherry, before they each went to bed. Since it was also very late, Erin was exhausted. Her stepbrother, Gavin, had already gone to bed early as he had caught the flu. Her stepfather, Grayson, on the other hand, was working in the supermarket and would not return until approximately 1 am. Erin quickly washed up and went to her room to sleep.

At around 3 am, Erin thought she felt a pair of men’s hands sneaking around her body in rather inappropriate ways. The sound of the man’s heavy breathing snaked around her neck. When his hands continued to roam the planes of her body, Erin screamed in horror.

The curtains in her room were very thick, shrouding the entire room in complete darkness. She could not see the man’s face at all. Erin continued screaming until suddenly, the man clapped his hands in front of her lips and muffled her screams.

He growled in a low voice, “Stop screaming! It’s me!”

Something clicked in her mind. It was lan.

Meanwhile, there was a knock on her door. Cherry, still in her pajamas, anxiously asked through the door. “Erin, are you alright? What happened?”

Ian’s naked upper body pressed onto hers. Loudly, he replied, “Erin’s fine! You can go back to sleep. She just woke up from a nightmare.”

“Oh, alright. If there’s nothing else, I’ll go back to sleep.” Her mother left quickly, and silence descended once again.

leaving, Erin struggled against Ian’s hold with newfound effort. In a low voice, lan warned, “For the love of God, stop screaming. You’ll make

removed his hands from

opportunity, she hissed angrily, “Why are

lamp with one arm. The light illuminated his handsome and elegant features. He’d even changed his hairstyle to the recently trending one many international male models adopted. His

that she almost rolled her eyes at him. She snapped, “Don’t you dare come in front of me now and act dumb! We are already

to speak again, Ian interrupted, “I know what you’re about to ask me. Let me tell you, okay? I drove here overnight. Your mother was the one who let me in. This afternoon, she called me and asked if I was coming back with you. She told me she wanted to treat us to more of our favorite dishes.” Ian’s eyes sparkled as he spoke, already infatuated

head to kiss her and act on

now! I’m not kicking you out in the middle of the night because I don’t want my mother to ask questions, but don’t you dare use this as an opportunity to lay your hands on me. If you touch me again, I will tell my mother right this second

with her if

the cigarette he

my room!”

cigarette. Inhaling deeply, he replied nonchalantly, “Erin, don’t you use that with me. Just like

his attitude anymore. She turned her

Erin’s secret lover, he’d hired someone to investigate. Sure enough, they found out everything she had been hiding from him! And yet, Ian would never have guessed that Erin’s secret lover was

ruler of

dare speak of our divorce to your mother, I will not hesitate to tell her about your secret lover, Chandler Frost! We’ll see, then, which side she’ll be on once

Erin immensely. Abruptly, she stood and walked before him, her voice a low snarl. “Ian Sloan, are you. fucking insane? Who’s fault was it at

does it have for you to keep holding onto my past affair? The past is the past. I can’t turn back time,

away the cloud of smoke in front of her. She struggled to calm the rising emotions within her. “That’s pointless now! We’re divorced anyway.

”

about to marry into a wealthy family? Is that why you’re cutting ties with me now? Erin Lane, stop acting like you’re stupid. You know as well as I