Chapter 1074:

It wasn’t that he didn’t want to—hell, he wanted her more than anything. But he was thinking about her first, trying to do things right.

Freya tilted her head, her voice soft. “It’s fine. We’re gonna get married eventually.” She knew how he felt about her, and she felt the same. “Your parents like me. My dad’s happy with you. We love each other. There’s nothing in the way.”

“Freya.”

“Hm?”

“Don’t tempt me,” Ellis said, his voice rough, full of barely checked desire.

And then she leaned in and kissed him.

That was all it took. A spark in a dry forest. Once ignited, it burned immediately.

Ellis deepened the kiss; no more words needed.

But ten minutes later, he stopped abruptly, his body still radiating heat, his chest rising and falling.

looked up at him,

to shower,” he said

“Weren’t we just about

“Not anymore.”

one sentence hit her like a splash of cold

emotion—gone. Her mind raced. She lay there quietly, heart sinking. Was he… disappointed in her? It wouldn’t be unreasonable. She wasn’t

are you thinking?” Ellis’s voice was low, controlled. He had shifted focus to suppress the lingering desire—but the expression on

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“Nothing,” she muttered.

but that only seemed to make

was strung tight from restraint. He knew if he let her walk away now, she’d

a while, she finally

“Yeah?”

stop because…” She trailed

his head, voice deep

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