Mr. Ford is Jealous

Chapter 1378

Stella let him hug her for a long time. She could very clearly feel his chest rising and falling violently as he held her in his arms.

Finally, she patted his back and told him, “You’re covered in blood. Let’s get you cleaned up for now, and then we’ll talk.”

Only then did Weston let her go.

Stella got up, turned away from him, and walked out of the cage.

“Take off the rest yourself,” she said. “I’ll wait for you here.”

But to her surprise, the next moment, she heard him shut the cage door. She turned around and saw Weston already locking himself up inside again.

He then slumped down onto the floor powerlessly before covering his eyes with his hands, refusing to even look at her.

“What are you doing?” she asked, frowning as she walked up to him.

“You should leave now,” he told her. “Forget about me.”

His voice was gruff and croaky as if he was exerting great self–control in every word he spoke. His Adam’s apple moved as he swallowed his saliva.

“Leave while I still have some self–control left,” he added raspily.

do if Stella remained here any longer.

trust you, and I know that you won’t hurt me. Open the door and just let me clean your wounds,

understand how enticing

in his arms earlier, he had an urge to just lock her up inside the cage with

for him, that was completely beyond the pale.

never hurt her, so he had no other choice but to let

now.

gripped the bars before

magical allure to it, but he still

me,” she repeated softly. “Open

that I might follow you around and badger you again?

nothing. She just

in the end, as Weston eventually relented and handed

powerless

keys from the palm of his hand

with a clicking noise, and to Weston, it felt like

cage, walked towards him, and knelt

his chin to make him look into her

said nothing, but she could see his Adam’s apple move up and

intently that it seemed he was trying to peer into

trembling hands, and then, with the same caution and tenderness that one would treat their most prized and precious possession, he started to kiss her