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

a deep breath and told him, “I trust you, and I know that you won’t hurt me. Open the door and just let

he shook his head. “You don’t understand how enticing you are to me right now.”

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

him, that was completely beyond

hurt her, so he had no

now.

cage and gripped the bars before softly

magical allure to it, but he still

she repeated softly.

you around and badger you again? You might never

said nothing. She just kept glaring at him.

as Weston eventually relented and handed her the keys.

powerless yet

the keys from the palm of

noise, and to Weston, it felt like Stella had just opened a door into his heart.

walked towards him, and knelt down in front

make him look into her eyes, “are you going to hurt me?”

could see his Adam’s apple move up and down.

intently that it seemed he was trying

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