Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

Chapter

907

"I don't smell any alcohol," Lena muttered.

Aaron leaned closer, his flawless face coming within a breath's distance of hers.

Lena's nerves tightened like a spring, her pupils dilating as she stared at his face so close to hers. Her heartbeat pounded like a drum, loud and unrelenting.

"How about now? Do you smell it?" Aaron's voice was low, smooth, and intimate. The closeness made her focus solely on his lips-perfectly shaped, not too thin nor too full. They looked soft, and the thought of kissing them briefly crossed her mind. An inappropriate and utterly ridiculous notion, yet there it was, popping into her head uninvited.

Amidst her quickened breaths, she seemed to catch a faint hint of sweetness, mingled with a subtle, intoxicating aroma of alcohol. It was... oddly pleasant.

Her hand gripped the edge of the counter tightly. She dared not move, let alone breathe deeply, afraid that the smallest action might bring her lips to his.

If it were anyone else, she might have pushed them away and bolted. But this was her uncle. The man she'd grown up with, someone whose character she knew better than anyone else.

He

boiling," she said abruptly, breaking the

boiled, and the temperature in

seasoning to the pot. Lena took the opportunity to retreat to the dining table, sitting down

with you? Are your hormones out of balance, or have you been corrupted by Keira? How could you have such improper thoughts

who knew what might happen? She feared crossing a

a stark contrast to the sad, plain noodles she had made earlier. It

side dishes," Aaron said, heading to the fridge. He returned

1/2

+25 BONUS

00 00 000 00000

radish, her favorite. "I just had these made. Let me

off guard. It had been ages since she'd had this particular

Uncle," Lena said, keeping her head