My Four Miraculous Treasures

Chapter 177 Hot, hard muscles... the sensation traveled from her fingertips, up along her arm, and all the way down her spine.

She was touching a man. Her heart was throbbing violently, like a ping-pong ball. She felt thrilled, horrified, frightened, perplexed...

It was going to happen to her all over again... just like five years ago!

Since she couldn't fight him off, the only thing she could do was catch hold of his lip between her teeth... and bite down on it, hard.

With a sharp grunt of pain, Jasper released her, and drew back to see her bruised, swollen lips speckled with spit and foam. Her large, dark eyes shimmered with tears.

She was broken and forlorn, but she was also such a beautiful woman.

He wanted nothing more than to keep her safe forever.

Eyes wide with panicked fright, Willow scrambled backwards, trying to get away from him.

But his strong hands were on her shoulders, restraining her and keeping her from wriggling away from him. Escape was a futile notion.

After a moment more of thrashing about, Willow glared up at him and shrieked, "You let go of me, Jasper Hughes! Creeping into my room in the dead of the night, laying your hands on me without permission... don't you know this is against the law?!"

like this? Forcing himself onto her, even though she didn't want it... Jasper reached up with one

the bitch-in the literal sense of the word—what with her fondness for biting

With that new hint of crimson upon his features, he now exuded a sinister sort

seem to be mistaken," he said softly, "This is my room. Here you are, in my bedroom, on my bed... what else was I to make of this

at her, out of the corner of his eye. "You're the one who

her delusions

Hailey, she'd been hugging and caressing

would explain why something had

opened her teary eyes even wider, because she was lost and confused, embarrassed and misfortunate. She reached up to remove his hands from her shoulders, so that

flashed Jasper a

hoping to catch him

this room-but she didn't mention it was your room! I'll just remove myself now, if it's all the same with you! Yes, I'll get

right through her ploy. Did she really think she'd get away that easily? Fat

clutching her in his arm like a yarn doll. His gruff voice sounded from overhead: "And where do you think you're going? You've given me a hard time, so

u're

are

sure you're well aware."

right up against his body, so that she could clearly feel