Chapter 146 I Shouldn’t Have Asked

Noel’s voice was deep and husky like it was coming from far away but also so close. Whitney felt her mind go blank, a slight duziness overwhelming her

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Delure she could even process what was happening, she was lifted into the air and gently placed on his lap. To steady herself, the instinctively peached for hus shoulders

Noel set up straight, leaning forward, and kissed her lips once again.

Aldenchill ran through her as she realized her clothes had been removed without her noticing Whitney instinctively shrank back, but the next moment. pressed down on her, her back meeting the soft warmth of the bed beneath them.

Their skin touched, but Nor didn’t mish

He looked into her eyes, glistening with confusion, and smiled softly. “Til take that as a pes

“What?” Whitney was dazed, forgetting the question he had asked earlier.

Noel chuckled lovely. “Don’t ask Even if you know, it’s ton late. The time for an answer has passed.”

with those words, her vision went black, and all she could feel was his overwhelming persence,

When Whitney awoke, it was still dark outside. A soft, warm light from the bedside lamp illuminated the room. Noel was seated next to her, migrossed in the blueprints displayed on his tablet.

His shirt was half–open, revealing a large expanse of his chest.

Whitney lay still, a voice echoing in her mind. “What’s wrong with me? How did I end up with him again?”

She couldn’t explain how she had given in again. Their relationship was forbidden. Her engagement wasn’t annulled yet, and he was Damian’s cousin.. These were boundanes they shouldn’t have crossed.

they had crossed

how this man, who had claimed to be injured and unable to dess himself, still had the strength to be intimate with

be taking it. She

“Are you awake?

both with herself and with him. But

yet? Then

leaned down

opened her eyes and shifted away from him.

leaned

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casual demeanor contrasted sharply with her awinward and flustered state.

more rest. You had a tough night,” he said, smiling as he gently pulled the blanket over her.

before, making her cheeks flush

don’t you need to

tied

sleeve, her fingers nervously

really like me, right?” she wondered to berelt.

moment later, she hesitantly spoke again, “Could you. Help me call off my

underlying hope. Noel’s gaze shifted from the screen to her face, his eyes

him say it, so

at her. “Don’t ask anymore. Just go back to sleep, I’ll be

stood up, left the room, and disappeared through the

at her emptylund, the cool Jabric of his sleeve still lingering in her fingertips. Her heart dropped, and a

I disappointed?

it still faut, especially since Noel had proven it right before

she felt like she was bargaining with her

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