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

you to shower,” he said

together. “Weren’t we just about

“Not anymore.”

like

there quietly, heart sinking. Was he… disappointed in her? It wouldn’t be unreasonable. She

to suppress the lingering desire—but the expression on the woman in his

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“Nothing,” she muttered.

nothing.” He pulled her in closer, but that only seemed to make things worse. “Talk to me,” he said gently. “What’s going

quiet, curled up in her own doubts. Ellis didn’t push. He just held her, even though every part of him was strung tight from restraint.

she finally broke the silence.

“Yeah?”

She trailed

voice deep and

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