No Strings Attached

Chapter 85

lan’s movements froze, and the warmth that had graced his features just moments before vanished without a trace. For the second time, Clara had mentioned that man with a

fondness in her voice that was impossible to ignore.

lan wanted to play it cool, pretend he hadn’t heard a thing. He wanted to erase that man from Clara’s life altogether. But the fierce possessiveness boiling within him stripped away any pretense of sanity. He couldn’t stomach the thought of another man being Clara’s rock, couldn’t bear that it was not his name she called out in her dreams.

Darkness clouded lan’s eyes as he struggled to contain his emotions. He leaned in close to Clara. His voice came out hoarse, “Alright, let me kiss you, and I won’t leave.”

Without waiting for her response, he dipped his head and claimed her lips in a kiss that was both domineering and wild.

Clara was jolted awake by his rough advances, Her eyes were wide and glistening as lan ravaged her lips with reckless abandon.

slowed his assault. His nose brushed against Clara’s cheek. His voice dripped with seduction. “Clara, I want you. May 1?”

voice was like hot embers as he murmured, “Clara, I know how to make you forget all

Her fair skin was glowing with an enticing blush. lan’s words echoed in her mind, promising to help her escape her agony.

and the abyss was too deep she was willing to try

“lan.” It had been so long since she’d said his name with such tenderness after their fallout.

alight with unbridled desire. He cracked a smile and coaxed in a gravelly tone,

she whispered, “lan.”

down on

Clara plunged again and again into the depths of passionate

past, to a time when Clara’s eyes held only him. He ravished her body over and over until

now so sweetly exhausted from his attentions. His lips.

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