Chapter 334 A Quiet Night, A Warm Goodbye

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As Landon undressed her, Tessa’s heart pounded so fast it felt like it was going to burst out of her chest.

But all he did was slip off her coat–then, like a perfect gentleman, he stopped.

“Sleep,” he said.

To keep his thoughts in check, Landon didn’t even take off his own clothes. He simply lay beside her, fully dressed, one hand gently wrapped around hers under the blanket.

“Mr. Landon-”

“Shh. Don’t talk. Just sleep.”

Holding her like this required more willpower than he cared to admit. If she said anything else, he wasn’t sure he could keep his self–control intact.

So Tessa shut her eyes, pretending he wasn’t there. But his presence was far too overwhelming to ignore.

Landon gently patted her shoulder, like he was soothing a child to sleep.

Tessa didn’t say anything more. She simply lay still, eyes closed, telling herself it was just rest.

At first, she was sure she wouldn’t be able to sleep.

arms and breathing in the calming scent of his pinewood pheromones, she drifted off

sleep, a soft smile tugging at

lying beside her, watching her like this… made him

the time Tessa woke, it was already past 8

opened her eyes, Landon

he asked right

“Mm. Yeah, I am.”

the others should still be at

together. But after everything that happened, he hadn’t shown up. The others had probably

not go,” Tessa said. “They’ve probably finished already. And it’d feel weird having

being stared at

she finished speaking, Ysabel

you, like, ten times!” Ysabel sounded like she was losing her mind. It hadn’t

was napping.

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“Yeah, he’s here. Why?

you were napping with

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froze. She wanted to explain that nothing had happened, that it was all perfectly innocent.

and took

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