Chapter 207

Chapter 207

Alexei woke to find someone in his arms.

He subconsciously reached out and gripped the person’s neck.

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However, in the next moment, as he prepared to twist and break it forcefully, he suddenly realized that both he and the other person beneath the covers were

naked.

The woman lay with her back to him. Across her beautiful shoulder blades, partially hidden by thick black hair, were numerous deep and shallow marks, hinting at the intense devotion and obsession of the person who had left them.

His pupils constricted sharply.

He had just escaped an assassination attempt last night and returned to his room. He could not understand how he ended up in an entirely unfamiliar place, with a woman next to him he would never touch.

He looked down at his hands.

Those hands were long, strong, with well–defined knuckles, but they were not the hands of an eighteen–year–old boy.

Even the indentation of a wedding ring, worn for a long time on his left ring finger, indicated that this body belonged to a mature man.

Alexei was agitated.

Just then, the sleeping woman showed signs of waking,

Feeling the large hand on her neck, she groggily removed it, muttering, “No more.” Her soft, pleasant voice carried a slight hoarseness from overuse.

Alexei’s hand was seized, and his body suddenly stiffened.

Reason told him that no matter the conspiracy, eliminating all potential threats was the correct course. Yet the faint scent of roses reaching his nose rendered him incapable of action.

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The woman turned over and nestled directly into his embrace.

She murmured, “Alexei, why are you awake so early?”

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As she shifted, her smooth leg accidentally brushed against him. This triggered an unmistakable physiological reaction, like a great ship poised to set sail on calm

waters.

Alexei’s expression darkened.

devoid of restraint–he felt

Even while unconscious, I would never let

woman close to me.

set me up?

person was faster, wrapping around his waist, pressing a kiss onto the red spot on his chest, and whining with closed eyes, “Not

the woman pressed even closer

brushed against her sensitive

urgent,

from a surprisingly low position

a dwarf

right; there’s also a dog,‘ Alexei thought as he

paws.

found the morning

was alien to his world, completely

Alexei aside, and frantically

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get me dressed? What if

that, she

searched long but couldn’t find any clothes. Any clothing she did find had been

shifted between frustration and resignation, and pouted, “Go find me

move, she urged, “Hurry

blushed, and looked away, then called out to him,

morning was

her a deep, silent look

the far side of

was unbelievable, and he had many mysteries

he

he studied his reflection in the mirror. His features had matured; some of the harsh coldness of his eighteen–year–old self had softened, and his eyes had

had a faint suspicion deep down, and he

to his future self?

future actually like

composed himself. Natasha glanced at him

behavior.

the past, he would have risen quickly, even letting her

She secretly observed him.

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finally sorting through his thoughts, Alexei, feigning calm, froze again when he opened the door and a small soft mass pounced on him, hugging his

blank, and he later thought, ‘What had

me?‘

girl, no more than three or four years old,

are lazybones. Daron and

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