Chapter 407:

However, when he reached the most grievously injured areas, Rachel flinched.

“Does it hurt?” Brian inquired.

Abandoning any pretense, Rachel whispered, “It hurts a lot.”

Knowing her aversion to pain, he advised, “Then look at me.”

“Why should I? You’re not a doctor. Looking at you won’t lessen the pain…”

Her protest was cut short as he kissed her, leaving her mind momentarily blank.

When she came to her senses, she struggled, but his embrace was firm, his kiss so deep it seemed as though he wished to consume her entirely. In her indignation, she momentarily forgot the sting of her burns. Only after he had finished applying the ointment did he release her lips.

By then, the skin of her lips had split from her biting, and blood trickled down in thin streams.

Rachel had bitten them.

teased with

“You provoked me.”

the burns indeed appeared well treated. So, he had kissed her to divert her from the

you didn’t push her. Why didn’t you

stay silent back then? One sentence from him was far more useful than any explanation she

even the slightest bit of compassion. If it had been Tracy in her place, he wouldn’t have hesitated to step in. He would’ve defended her without a second thought, never allowing her to suffer even

than someone

a shirt and lifted her gaze. “Thank you for your

favorite stories are

her wrist. “Avoiding the topic? Why won’t

even crossed your mind?” Rachel couldn’t hold back anymore. “Do you enjoy seeing me humiliated? Do you get some twisted satisfaction out of watching me be misunderstood and trampled on? Or am

driven straight into his chest. He had never once seen it from that

just… I wanted you to come to me,

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