The Heir's Secret Bride

Chapter 545

At this point, Maeve heard his voice drop, suddenly low and thick with tension, as though he were holding back a storm

about to break.

Even though she couldn't see him, Maeve could easily imagine e restrained expression on his face, the way his body was poised at the edge of giving in.

Her face flushed with embarrassment. She forgot the words she was about to say, standing frozen, too afraid to move.

But what she didn't reafize was that just by standing there, she was stirring up Byron's suppressed desires.

His urges had been trapped deep inside him for far too long.

The beast of desire within him roared to break-free, pushing against his control, tempting him to open the forbidden door and drag her in with him, into a place where they could both be consumed by it.

Byron's gaze, heavy with longing, fixed on the slender figure outside the glass door. The cold water from the shower cascaded down his chiseled face, tracing his jawline.

However, it did nothing to quell the growing heat spiraling down his body.

She stood there, within arm's reach, he only needed to push the door open to touch her.

His knuckles whitened as he gripped the edge of the sink. He tilted his head back and closed his eyes, his back tight, muscles .straining. The urge to give in was almost overwhelming, but, somehow, he fought it, pushing against the chaos in his mind with all the strength he had left.

This wasn't just a test of will.

It was his punishment for the way he had lost control that night.

Byron was a man who prided himself on controlling everything his work, his relationships, his habits, everything, down to the most minute detail.

He couldn't afford to let anything slip beyond his grasp.

That slip, that moment of weakness, had given him an opportunity, a reminder that he had overestimated his self-control.

It was a mistake he couldn't afford to repeat.

then, Maeve heard Byron's hoarse voice through

moment, then spoke softly, "Ro... Ronny?

came his

"Ronny?" "Say it."

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when she heard the pained edge in his voice, her anger softened,

predator waking

the air, yet somehow, in the context of

muttered, "You really are impossible.

jilber,

he

heard her misunderstanding, but he didn't have the energy to clear it up right now. He just urged, his voice rough,

up her neck. She was so embarrassed that her toes curled in

Knock, knock, knock

who came here with Ms. Reese earlier is having a

relief flooding her. She quickly called through the door, "Bonnie seems to be

thought, Let him suffer! He had brought

small sense of revenge, Maqve hurried away, not

feeling

should've dragged her in and let her experience what it meant to be left to her

to Bonnie's booth and found to her surprise that the

snapped, clearly drunk. "Where I go is my choice, not yours. Who do you

want to be involved? Can't you see that guy was taking advantage of you earlier? You're so reckless, coming to a bar alone like this. You just can't be happy with a calm life, can you? Always looking for trouble," Bonnie, enraged, retorted, "What does it matter to you? The best thing my ex could do for me is stay out

kindness since we've been through what we have. But a woman

Was there some unfinished business

thought. The way they speak doesn't sound like they are