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.

not imagine what he would do if Stella remained here any longer.

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

“You don’t understand how

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

that was completely beyond

hurt her, so he had

now.

gripped the bars before softly telling him,

magical allure to it, but

me,” she repeated softly. “Open

that I might follow you around and badger you again? You

just

as Weston eventually relented and

seemed powerless yet hesitant.

keys from the palm of his hand and

with a clicking noise, and to Weston, it felt like Stella had just opened a door into

stepped into the cage, walked towards him, and knelt down in

up his chin to make him look into her eyes, “are you going

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

that it seemed he was trying to peer into the depths of

would treat their most prized and precious possession, he started to kiss her cheek, then her eyes, and then

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