NovelTrueChapter 1074: It wasn't that he didn't want to-hell, he wanted her more than anything. But he was thinking about her first, trying to do things right.
Freya tilted her head, her voice soft. "It's fine. We're gonna get married eventually." She knew how he felt about her, and she felt the same. "Your parents like me. My dad's happy with you. We love each other. There's nothing in the way." "Freya." "Hm?" "Don't tempt me,” Ellis said, his voice rough, full of barely checked desire.
And then she leaned in and kissed him.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtThat was all it took. A spark in a dry forest. Once ignited, it burned immediately.
Ellis deepened the kiss; no more words needed.
But ten minutes later, he stopped abruptly, his body still radiating heat, his chest rising and falling.
Freya looked up at him, confused. "What's wrong?" "I'm taking you to shower," he said calmly.
Her brows drew together. "Weren't we just about to..." "Not anymore." That one sentence hit her like a splash of cold water.
Suddenly, all the warmth, all the emotion-gone. Her mind raced. She lay there quietly, heart sinking. Was he... disappointed in her? It wouldn't be unreasonable. She wasn't new to all this—not suntouched girl waiting for the perfect moment.
"What are you thinking?" Ellis's voice was low, controlled. He had shifted focus to suppress the lingering desire- but the expression on the woman in his arms was unmistakable. Freya was unhappy.
root info > gVlnov☐☐"Nothing," she muttered.
"That doesn't look like nothing." He pulled her in closer, but that only seemed to make things worse. "Talk to me," he said gently. "What's going on?" She stayed quiet, curled up in her own doubts. Ellis didn't push. He just held her, even though every part of him was strung tight from restraint. He knew if he let her walk away now, she'd spiral. She could overthink anything into a disaster.
After a while, she finally broke the silence. "Ellis?" "Yeah?" "Did you stop because..." She trailed off, too embarrassed to finish.
He tilted his head, voice deep and calm. "Because of what?" "Because it's not my first time," she said quietly. She pulled away slightly, putting sspace between them.
Ellis blinked, then let out a short, incredulous laugh. He tugged her back into his arms and pinched her cheek. "Are you serious right now?" Freya looked up at him, unsure.
"How can someone so smart be so damn clueless?" He shook his head, looking at her like she'd just said the most ridiculous thing. "I wouldn't have even started something with you if I cared about that," he said, voice soft but firm.
Kristian was a man after all. Ellis knew exactly what it meant when someone cout of a outofamarriage he didn't expect her to be untouched. The only thing he regretted was not stepping up sooner, not being the one to give her a happier past. What a silly girl.
"Then why did you stop?" Freya's head was spinning. Her heart was a tangled mess of feelin of feelings-frustration, confusion, maybe a little embarrassment too.
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