Billionaire Is 191

Chapter 191 The Journal

My face burned even redder, but at this point, there was no turning back.

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The moment my silk robe slipped to the floor, I collapsed onto the bed like a lifeless doll, burying my face. into the soft silk sheets beneath me.

Out of the corner of my ear, I thought 1 heard a faint chuckle from Carter, though I didn't dare to lift my head and confirm it.

Muffled by the sheets, I muttered, "Carter, you can start now."

To break the awkwardness, I even tried to joke. "Don't go easy on me just because I'm a delicate woman."

"Alright." His laugh was clearer this time, low and warm

Then, he lifted my leg gently.

The unexpected contact made me flinch, my instincts pulling me away.

"Don't be scared, Zoey,"

His soothing tone calmed me, and I forced myself to stay still as he applied a cool ointment to my calf and began spreading it evenly.

The room filled with the faint scent of herbs. The moment his fingers pressed down, I couldn't help but

cry out.

I'm not even using much pressu

"Okay...

Relax."

He started massaging gently. "It might hurt a little at first, but the ointment works best with this technique. You'll feel much better tomorrow."

His words startled me. "Wait, you're going to massage it too?

"Of course. After exercise, you do stretches or use a massage gun to relax your muscles, don't you? This is the same idea. Just think of me as your massage therapist." Think of Carter as a massage therapist. Who in their right mind would dare?

Still, his technique felt surprisingly professional. Each motion pressed perfectly into the tension points along my muscles and tendons.

Gripping the sheets tightly, I clenched my teeth against the pain.

"Just hang in there, he murmured in a low, soothing voice, "A bit of pain now, and you'll feel much better

afterward.

"Alright...

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at the bedspread, now crumpled

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my stiff calf muscles loosened. A wave of relief washed over me, making me

better," Ladmitted, reging my chin on the back of my hand. "Carter, how do you even

do this?"

leg injury, he

he said casually. "Alright, next is your thigh. You're

earned my trust, so

I spoke

rolled my dress up to the top of my thigh, the heat that had finally subsided returned with a

instant his fingertips brushed against my skin.

forehead from the sharp, shooting pain. His eyes, warm and focused, met mine. "Be good. Zoey. Just endure

almost imperceptible trace of something intimate

quickly buried my face into the sheets, silently chanting in my head, "You can't

against my skin. Each stroke

had begun falling again, fluttering down under the soft glow of streetlights. The yard lights cast a warm and festive glow,

to drift a

with my injuries alone, quietly

always been focused on

attention

Carter, massaging me with unwavering patience for nearly two hours. He seemed tireless, far more enduring than any

guilt started to creep in. It didn't seem fair for him to keep going while I just

better now. You can stop. Aren't your

"I'm fine. Are you sure

spun around in front of him. "Look, I'm perfect...

I knew it, I fell straight into

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husky voice murmured in my car, "Zoey, I'm a normal man. If you keep this up, you're going to make

until I was cocooned. From under the blankets,

carrying a trace of

moment passed, I could still feel the lingering warmth of his fingertips on my

dwell on it and quickly

training, Damian reminded me, "Mrs. Bolton, the Sanders have

of sweat rolling down my cheeks. "Who's on the

"All the Boltons,

like a simple family dinner. Given the tension between the two families recently, the Sanders were likely using the festive season as an opportunity to smooth things

few personal items I needed to retrieve, including a journal that chronicled everything I'd

the journal well, so it

that journal would become the key evidence to take Anna

go

room, I took a shower. When I emerged, Carter was

night's incident, as he'd predicted, I was starting to

your leg? If it does,

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