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 whispered, each word laced with emotions he

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

was laid bare to Jaden,

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cheek. "But I do care," he whispered, his voice cracking with the weight of his restraint. "I want this too, more than you, but not like this. Not when you hardly know what's going on in your surroundings." His eyes searched hers. "I don't want to hurt you, Emma.

She sighed heavily.

what he was saying, but

in defeat and Jaden took her hands, easing her gently out

leaned heavily on

shoulder as he led her to

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creaked open. Mrs. Walker's nurse appeared, her eyes 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

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head pounding with the heavy throb of a hangover. The room was too bright, the

clutching her temples as the events of

Jaden had turned

and she bit her bottom

cheeks

her phone with trembling fingers. She hesitated a

her relationship with Jaden and didn't want it destroyed all

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authority that vacuumed the air out of the room. His presence was

jaw tightened; his grasps tightened around the

out of fear, although his father had always had a way of instilling it but, because he couldn't stomach the thought of his

rose in his throat at

had been through so much already, more than most people at

that he wouldn't become another reason for her pain, and neither would he let his father's ruthless plans come

in front of his table

mediums in the last couple of days to get a meeting with you," his father's voice dripped with disdain.

slowly, willing himself to remain calm. "I've been busy,

ten minutes of your precious time?"