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.

would do if

you won’t hurt me. Open the door and

shook his head. “You don’t understand how enticing you are to

up inside the cage with him so they could be

that was completely beyond

he could never hurt her, so he had no other choice

now.

walked up to the cage and gripped the bars before softly telling him, “Open the

had a magical allure to it, but he still would not move.

she repeated softly. “Open the door.”

you around and badger you again? You might never be able to get

nothing. She just kept glaring at

effective in the end, as Weston eventually

seemed powerless yet hesitant.

keys from the palm of his hand and opened the

cage opened with a clicking noise, and to Weston, it felt

cage, walked towards him,

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

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

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

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

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