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.

whispered, each word laced with emotions he had covered for

lips quivering into a drunken pout as her eyes shone bright with a fresh wave of tears. "I don't care right now," she mumbled, her voice breaking on the

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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, but not like this. Not when you hardly

She sighed heavily.

what he was saying,

Jaden took her hands, easing her gently out of his

on him, her

her shoulder as

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they guided Emma to her

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

groaned, clutching her temples as the events of last night raced through her

kiss. How Jaden had turned

her and she bit her

her face, her cheeks burning hot. What had

reached for her phone with trembling fingers. She hesitated a little but eventually

relationship with Jaden and didn't want it

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into the office with an authority that vacuumed the air out of the

him. Jaden's jaw tightened; his grasps tightened around

supper days ago, Jaden had been doing everything in his power to keep 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

much already, more than most

reason for her pain, and neither would he let his

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

couple of days to get a meeting with you," his father's voice dripped with

calm. "I've been busy, as you

spare your father even ten minutes of your precious