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.

each word laced with emotions he had covered for far

with a fresh wave of tears.

laid bare

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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 know what's going on in your surroundings."

She sighed heavily.

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

Jaden took her hands, easing her gently

heavily on him, her steps

arm went around her shoulder as he led her to

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rapped once and the door 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

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woke late the next morning, her head pounding with the heavy throb of a hangover. The room was too bright, the

events of last night raced

kiss. How Jaden had

shame crashed over her and she bit her bottom

her face, her cheeks burning hot. What

phone with trembling fingers. She hesitated

with Jaden and didn't want it destroyed all because of her

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with an authority that vacuumed the air out of the room. His presence

jaw tightened; his grasps tightened around the pen he was

distance most especially from his father. Not out of fear, although his father

in his throat at the mere thought

much already, more than

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

as his father stood in front of his table with an unmatchable cold aura. He

used numerous mediums in the last couple of days to get a meeting with

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

busy to spare your father even ten minutes of