Chapter 2003

"Do you even have to ask?" Alaric said.

"Please, who knows women better than another woman?" Hertha rolled her eyes at him and strutted ahead.

"Guess it's back to the clean-cut look for me then. Can't have you disliking it," Alaric followed her.

"Alaric, how many more times do I have to tell you, we're just frien-!" Hertha turned around, annoyance creasing her forehead, about to remind him they were just friends.

Before she could finish, Alaric cupped her face, pulling her closer, and her lips were suddenly captured in a kiss.

Her breath hitched, eyes widening. Up close, Alaric's face was magnified, his eyes like shimmering orbs of crystal, so pure they seemed to pull her in.

And his eyelashes, long and curled, were a sight to behold.

How could a man's eyes be so beautiful?

Lost in thought, Hertha felt the kiss deepen, stealing her breath, conquering and claiming.

The stirring sensation was like the warmth of spring, intoxicating.

Her body temperature rose along with it.

feeling Alaric's breath on her face, strong and

that night three years ago, almost

body, betraying her outward disdain for Alaric, heated up uncontrollably at

helpless yet

on the hem of Alaric's shirt tightened as the kiss

tension, Alaric deepened the kiss

had cradled

the kiss intensified,

to her back, igniting

fire

with every touch.

words, but now,

in his arms,

only this wasn't the hallway,

Hertha had arrived before him. Hoping against hope, he waited by the elevator, just

there she was inside the elevator as the

kiss deepened, the rising heat

loved, his slightest effort made her

strip away all her defenses, leaving her intoxicated in

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