Chapter 145

Chapter 145

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“No. Why would it bother me?” Thalassa replied curtly, crossing her arms tighter across her chest, but not before Kris noticed her hardened nipples slightly poking against her tank top.

Heat rushed down his body, settling in his dick, but he made no effort to hide the evidence of his desire for her.

He leaned in slightly, his eyes glinting with amusement. “If it doesn’t bother you, then why are your cheeks so flushed? And why is your breathing a little heavier than usual?”

Thalassa scowled, taking a step back. “It’s all in your head because you think too highly of yourself.”

“Mm–hmm,” Kris hummed. “If that’s true, then you won’t have any trouble helping me with this bandage, right?”

She rolled her eyes, her irritation clear, but there was something else in her gaze–something that made his heart

race.

“Your tricks aren’t going to work on me, Kris.”

“No tricks,” Kris smiled as he waved the bandage and sling. “Just asking for a little help. Unless, of course, you’d rather keep staring at my body.”

Thalassa flushed again, snapping her eyes back to his face. I’m not staring.”

how far she would let him go. How thick the walls she had built around her heart

now inches from hers. “Let me in so you can help

you doing?” Thalassa demanded, placing a hand on his chest to stop him from

room.

meant to push him away, but her hand softened against the heat, of his skin. Familiar

pulled her hand away as though she’d been burned. “No need to come into my room. I’ll do

when you can’t even touch me? It’s not like

have any desire to touch it again.”

softly.

just run our hands all over each other while making

hissed, but her wavering voice and the heated flicker

her, no matter how much she tried

stepped even closer, his face now inches from hers. “Tell me you don’t miss it. Tell me you don’t miss being in my arms. Tell me you don’t miss touching me as much as I yearn to touch you.”

a moment, Kris could’ve sworn her eyes softened, her lips parting. But just

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cold fury as she

that instant, he knew the

tension “Why would I miss the same arms that refused to hold me when I needed them during our marriage? Why would

to defend himself. “I was never able to resist you, Lassa.”

You never refused when I asked you to make love to me, because that’s the only thing you ever gave me during our marriage.

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