Shadows Of A Forgotten Spring

Chapter 110

Chapter

110

The kiss was sudden and filled with desperation.

Emma's hands shook and clung to Jaden's shirt.

Her lips, soft and broken, pressed against his with an eager need to drown the ache in her heart. She lost herself in the warmth and safety he offered.

Her breath hitched as if each second of closeness with him could mend a part of her shattered soul. Jaden froze, his eyes widened in disbelief and shock.

His heart hammered wildly against his chest.

He hadn't expected this, not in a million years.

The feel of her trembling soft lips sent waves of emotions crashing through him.

He tasted her pain, her longing, and something new, something he couldn't really understand.

His body responded immediately. His cock standing at attention.

His hands cupped her face, pulling her close, wanting more, craving even more.

Her lips trembled, and a low moan escaped her, igniting a fire within him that he could hardly control.

He felt his resolve weakening as his tongue pushed into her mouth.

She tasted like strawberry and alcohol. Her breathing was unrhythmical.

But in an instant, reality crashed onto Jaden. His breath caught, and he suddenly pulled back, his forehead resting against hers while he fought to control himself.

His chest rose and fell with labored breathing, and he looked into her hazy eyes.

he had covered for far too long.

as her eyes shone bright with a fresh wave of tears. "I don't care right now," she mumbled, her

pain was laid bare to Jaden,

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cupped her face gently, his thumb brushing away a tear from her cheek. "But I do care," he whispered, his voice cracking with the weight of his restraint. "I want this too, more than you,

She sighed heavily.

make out what he was saying, but she had no strength even

Jaden took her

leaned heavily on him,

her shoulder as

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widening slightly at the sight of Emma's condition. Without a word, they guided Emma to her room Jaden carefully laid her on the bed, brushing a strand of hait front her

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late the next morning, her head pounding with the heavy throb of a hangover. The

her temples as the events

How Jaden had

crashed over her and she bit her

her face, her cheeks burning hot. What had

with trembling

and didn't want it destroyed all because of her

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office with an authority that vacuumed the air out of the room.

jaw tightened; his

his distance most especially from his father. Not out of fear, although his father had always had a way of instilling it but, because he couldn't stomach

throat at the mere thought of

through so much already, more than most people at her

her pain, and neither would he let his father's ruthless plans come her

pen onto his desk as his father stood in front of his table with an unmatchable cold aura. He sat up,

a meeting with you," his father's voice

remain calm. "I've been busy,

even ten minutes of your precious