Chapter 540 The Guest

Lily was a little too caught up in the fun–her “revenge” had become addictive.

But she didn’t realize that to a strong, young man like James, her curious little hands wandering lower was nothing short of lighting a fire in a dry field.

The moment her touch slid across his abs, James could no longer pretend to sleep.

His eyes snapped open. He rolled over in a swift motion, pinning her beneath him like a predator awakening from slumber.

“James, you were pretending?”

Meeting the blaze in his phoenix–like eyes, Lily instantly understood.

And she realized, with a chill of regret, that her teasing was nothing less than self–destruction.

Nervous, she instinctively tried to wriggle away,

her nowhere to run.

ut his kiss fell with consuming force, leaving

Just when she thought he would drown her completely, he finally relented.

Weak, trembling, she tried to slip quietly from his arms–but he only held her tighter. She heard his rough, restrained voice against her ear. “Lily, I’m in pain…”

She wanted to snap back that it was his own fault.

Who told him to keep kissing a pregnant woman who couldn’t take too much strain?

Before she knew it, words tumbled out of her

she regretted it bitterly, wishing she could bite her tongue

in his eyes flared

to the bathroom to wash his hands, then

little longer,” he murmured, gaze dropping

turned away, refusing to speak to him. Shameless

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way he had looked at her, the warmth in his voice, the memory left her with

too far. With quiet care, he slipped an arm around her from behind, his embrace apologetic, his feelings

lying a little longer, they went

already a

one

the Luke family. Grace and Nancy beamed

appeared, her eyes lit up with a spark of

at his side, a flicker

smoothed it away in an instant, stepping forward with a bright,

James is

I’m Renee. It’s such a pleasure to

hand

family was. From her ease with Grace and Nancy, she guessed she was either a relative or someone very close to

was dazzling. Her eyes shone like stars, polished by fine manners, brimming

perhaps it was her heightened sensitivity since becoming pregnant, but Lily couldn’t shake the feeling that Renee wasn’t as harmless as

couldn’t reject an outstretched hand. Renee was a guest, and she had taken the initiative. Lily

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