No Strings Attached

Chapter 48

Maybe that’s just the difference between love and indifference. With a word from his sweetheart, he’d take it as gospel. But no matter what she’d say, he’d think she was just playing games.

Clara suddenly flashed a wicked grin, her beautiful almond–shaped eyes shimmering with mischief. She flipped over and pinned lan beneath her. Her hot, moist kisses landed on his seductive Adam’s apple.

Her voice was soft and seductive, “Mr. Hayes, is this what you want? I can put on a show just for you.”

Her gaze was intense as she traced her nimble fingers across his face, her touch filled with temptation and allure.

lan grabbed her wandering hand in a firm grip. His Adam’s apple bobbed as he struggled to speak, “Clara, does it have to be like this? wasn’t it better before?”

Clara leaned in close to his ear, her chuckle shallow and light, “Isn’t this the

no–strings–attached game you wanted? Any extra thought from me would be a disservice to your words.”

for this.” With that, he flipped her beneath him,

her again and again. Each time he nearly took half of Clara’s life.

was compliant, without a single

lan. The old Clara would have cried and cursed him if he was too rough, and she would have even bitten

seemed passionate and gave in with moans of pleasure, but it wasn’t the feeling

craved.

gentle kiss on her lips. His voice was barely a whisper, “How long are you going to

with her body aching all over. She glanced beside her, but lan was

let out a self–deprecating laugh. This was what her relationship with lan was supposed to be, wasn’t it?

together and was about to

Seeing an unfamiliar number, she frowned but answered anyway.

immediately, “Is this Mr. Casey’s family? He attempted suicide in prison. He’s at Saint Anne’s Hospital in critical condition, Please

blank. It took her several seconds to process

was now fighting for his

a panic and dashed out of the bedroom. As she