Chapter 45

Yasmine tilted her head, trying to avoid what was unfolding.

"Stay still." Yonas said, his voice low and steady.

Yasmine froze for a moment and replied awkwardly, "Mr. Russell, I can handle this myself..."

Just a second." Yonas wasn't going to let her go. He lowered his eyes, focusing on tying her hair up.

His fingers worked through her thick, smooth hair, which smelled faintly along with the ocean breeze. From where he stood, he could see her graceful neck-tender and undeniably captivating. His eyes deepened, and he swallowed hard as he finished and looked away quickly. "There, all done." "Thanks," Yasmine replied, feeling a bit awkward.

Noticing her tenseness, Yonas teased, "What's up? You got a crush on me?"

Russell family was powerful-they wouldn't let a nobody like her marry Yonas. It was better to squash any feelings at the very beginning. "Mr. Russell," she finally said, turning to face him. "I think we should keep

she got up and walked over to Chuck's barbecue station to lend him

as he realized he might have

enjoyed a great barbecue by the beach, and once they finished, Chuck drove Lucy

Yonas with a smirk. "Looks like you really

that?" Yonas closed his eyes to rest, not bothering to glance

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had a barbecue at the beach, you were so picky about. cleanliness that you made us change plans and cat at

Yonas went silent.

because they had stayed out too late, Yasmine slept well and forgot all about the annoyance from earlier. She woke up later than usual but still made

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