The Heartbreak Prescription by Glazed Snow

Chapter 720

Ida had a soft, delicate face that was strikingly beautiful.

She was brimming with confidence. Tonight, she was sure she would win Horace over.

Horace was working late in his study. Now that he had decided to give his life for Brittany, there was a mountain of work demanding his attention.

Soon, a sudden heat flushed through his body. He reached up and tagged at the buttons of his shirt, yet the warmth wouldn't subside.

He stood and retreated to his bedroom, where he took a cold shower.

Instead of cooling him down, the cold water only seemed to fan the fire burning inside him. The heat grew stronger and more relentless.

Dressed in black silk pajamas, Horace sat on the edge of his bed and reached for his phone, intending to call his assistant.

Just then, the edge of the blanket on the bed shifted, and Ida slipped out from under the covers. She was fresh from her bath, her cheeks flushed pink. Her eyes glimmered with tender longing as she looked at Horace.

"Horace..." she called out softly.

surge of heat coursed through Horace. His Adam's apple bobbed as he demanded

smiled gently. "I've been waiting for

"Stop this nonsense! Get off my bed right

to rise and

quicker. She lunged forward, wrapping her arms tightly around him

his, warm and inviting.

Do you really want me to leave?" she

but he was still a healthy, normal man. The medicine coursing

reason.

of the powder well. She sensed Horace's resistance and let her hands roam teasingly over his strong muscles through the thin silk of his

"You must be burning up right now. I know

the

to

the neck just in time. "Why not? I love you- you know that, don't you? Aren't you feeling it too? I want to

suppress his desire. Sweat beaded at his forehead as veins throbbed across his

shifted, morphing into

throat bobbed as