The Imposter Bride by Sallie Woods

Chapter 96

Looking at Magnus in his current state, it was clear he had no intention of settling down for the night. Best she keep her distance.

After all, his wound had scabbed over, and in a few more days, it should be mostly healed.

if he acted willfully at this time, there was a risk of reopening the wound, which would only prolong the healing process.

Watching Natalia’s fleeing figure disappear around the stairway corner, Magnus, dabbing his lips with a napkin, couldn’t help but flash a wicked smile. “What difference does it make whether you sleep in the guest room or my bedroom?” he muttered to himself.

Since she kept in mind the things Dr. Frankie had emphasized when he returned to France, Natalia, upon going upstairs, didn’t dare to stay in Magnus‘ bedroom. Instead, she took her book and went straight to the guest room to sleep.

She thought that, by doing this, Magnus would leave her be and stay in his own room.

But little did she know, after she’d finished showering and emerged from the guest room bathroom, she would find a freshly showered, handsome man dressed in a white bathrobe, seated on her bed.

“Wha…wha…” Magnus had followed her to the guest room. Natalia felt really helpless.

Magnus, however, simply lifted the blanket by his side, patted the bed, and said, “Come here, Nat.”

He was determined to savor Natalia’s sweet company tonight, no matter what

When Natalia looked at Magnus‘ gazes, she felt a shiver run down her spine.

In the past, she wouldn’t have felt anything special about Magnus‘ advances. But after he confessed his feelings for her a few days ago, the thought of sharing a bed with him now made her unusually nervous.

said, “I’ll go back to the master bedroom.

hurried to the door, desperate

how she twisted the doorknob, the

despération, she turned to Magnus, who sat on the bed, and asked for

can’t I open

“I had Linden lock the door. It won’t be opened until tomorrow morning. So you can either stand here all night

stood there, hesitating for

on purpose and was determined to sleep with her; Natalia had no choice but to

to convince him to behave himself as she wanted his wounds to

surely

reassurance, Natalia, who had been nervous, finally

she could even calm her racing heart, the

her lips, a desire he had been harboring

teeth, and entangled her tongue

heat that permeated through their thin robes and onto Natalia’s

busy kissing Natalia, his hands were wandering all over her body, making her pant with arousal.

that this could cause his wounds to reopen, she couldn’t

finally let her go. He then gasped for

moment she entered his life, his heart was no longer his own. He wanted nothing more

Magnus, your wounds. The passionate fire in his

but her nervousness made

considerate of his wounds, shouldn’t

help me. Seeing Natalia’s concerned

with a mischievous smile, “if you can’t

to resist,