The Ceo’s Convict Wife by Jennifer Mike

Chapter 872

He was caught off guard and ended up being tugged by her into the backseat of the car with his body above hers.

Her natural scent, combined with the odor of alcohol, invaded his senses and made him enter a trance-like state.

“Callum… Why did you show up in front of me again?” Lillian murmured.

His body stiffened. She knew that holding him so intimately felt like death by a thousand cuts for Callum.

However, he had no desire to push her away and wished to have her in his arms longer and was willing to endure any pain as long as she wanted to be held by him like this.

“I missed you too much,” Callum said in a low voice. He still answered her, despite knowing that she might forget all about it when she was sober.

“Too much?”

“That’s right.”

“But… Do you have any idea how much I wanted to move on from you?” her voice was choked with sobs, and she began weeping silently.

His eyes darkened. “Of course.” He knew that better than anyone. “I’ll leave after sending you upstairs.”

He was about to get to his feet, but Lillian’s hand was still tightly clenched to his collar, with no sign of letting go. “We… still haven’t gone drinking nor played drinking games together. You also promised to dance for me!”

“I’ll fulfill all that if you can repeat what you just said to me while sober,” he responded.

Lillian grinned widely at him. “I’m… perfectly sober right now.”

Callum’s eyes were stormy. “She wouldn’t be smiling at me in such close quarters if that were true,” he scoffed internally.

me. Otherwise, you will regret

way!” she

off his collar. He stood once more, intending to carry her out of the car.

about to bend down to pick her up when she forcefully shoved him back into

backseat for the second time.

their

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have any idea what you’re doing?” Callum chastised. He soon realized that

do…” she slurred while her fingers stroked his face, sending arrhythmic thrills to

his heart.

I want to… let you go for good.” She covered his lips with

is she kissing me like that while claiming to want to move on from

hoarsely, responding with

the backseat of the car. The hickeys scattered across her body, as well as the lingering odor pervading the air inside the car, silently reminded Callum of what had transpired a while

never occurred to him that he would do something like this with her in such a place. Nonetheless, the way she’d kissed him had chipped away at his self-control. He’d even overlooked the ache in his

much that it

anymore. Callum took a deep breath and straightened

slowly away from the residential area as if

drove into his mansion in Strico half an hour later. He carefully carried Lillian indoors and placed her

corners of her lips upturned as if she were having a

if he was in it.

I’m still the one you

how challenging their future together was, as he would sacrifice everything to carve a path for them, as

was to

bedroom in the dead quiet of night felt less cold than

greeted by an unfamiliar

made to sit up, but was instantly racked by aches all over her body