Rebirth Into My Second Chance

Chapter 261

I nestled deeper into Max's embrace, my cheeks aflame with a blend of embarrassment and nervousness. In matters of love, I realized I needed to be braver. After all, Max had never harmed me; it was I who foolishly kept pushing him away. "Max..." Once back in the room, I leapt from his arms, taking charge for a change. I wrapped my arms around his neck, pulling him down for a deeper kiss.

At that moment, he led me to the floor-to-ceiling window, perhaps intending to share an intimate moment there. But as fate would have it, my foot accidentally hit a button on the floor, and the window swung open.

Beyond lay an expansive garden, illuminated by lights and a fountain, causing me to recoil in surprise.

"Nervous?" Max's husky, magnetic voice murmured in my ear, sending a shiver down my spine.

"Yeah, could you close the curtains? The garden's right there," I mumbled, trying to hide, reaching for a throw on the couch to cover myself.

"But you look even more enticing with your cheeks all flushed," Max teased, pulling me closer, burying his face in my neck, and even giving a playful nip.

The garden was bustling with gardeners attending to the plants.

someone might

crazy, maybe. That's what happens after being ignored for six

not make a sound, but Max, intent on teasing, pressed me against the glass, the friction

all sharp and sneaky-looking, seemed to

smirked, clearly pleased

let out a yelp. A gardener outside seemed to

reassured me, "The glass is triple vacuum-sealed and privacy

brought me to tears, and in my indignation, I stomped on his foot. But he didn't stop. Pushed me against the glass again my body going against my brain, just swept up in the way he

a jerk," I thought, as I fell asleep from sheer exhaustion, not

was rinsing off. It was always the same:

the water stopped, I quickly closed my

into bed beside me, his cool touch making me shift uncomfortably before I somehow drifted

parents waving, promising me

brother, the affection of elders, the