NovelBookChapter 422 A Night of Ruin
Chapter 422 A Night of Ruin
The night was heavy with languid desire..
Clothing slipped from her shoulders.
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Lily was lost in the heat and tenderness of his kisses, so absorbed that she didn’t even notice how bare she had
become.
She had missed him too.
It had been more than a week since she was abducted and taken into the mountains, but the fear and
helplessness from that night still felt as close as yesterday. She wanted to hold him fiercely, to kiss him deeply,
to lose herself in him without restraint.
But adults, when clear-headed, had to be rational and measured. Only in a night like this-when he was too far
gone to know where or when he was-could she let herself indulge in stolen pleasure.
James's kisses slipped down from her reddened lips, urgent and uncontrolled.
She was powerless to resist, her head tipping back, seeking just a sliver of air. But the way she arched only drew
her closer to him, like she was offering herself up rather than creating distance.
“Lily...”
His desire for her was too great. Just holding her and kissing her wasn’t enough to satisfy the hunger boiling
inside him.
He buried his face in her neck, breathing in her sweet, warm scent as if he could drink it. Then, without warning,
he lifted her into his arms and strode quickly toward the master bedroom.
Her head swam, her body soft and unsteady in his hold. By the tthey tumbled onto the softness of the bed,
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtshe realized they were no longer in the study but in his room.
Somewhere deep inside, she understood what that meant.
She knew that taking advantage of his drunkenness to be close to him was taking what she wanted without his
full awareness. But the moment his lips found her again, the fleeting rationality she had managed to recover
scattered to dust.
She looped her arms around his neck and let the heat of him consher until nothing remained.
By the tdawn came, she was too exhausted to remember falling asleep.
When she opened her eyes, the room was already bright.
She instinctively tugged at the silk quilt draped over her. Looking down, she found herself face-to-face with
broad, defined chest muscles-several deep scratch marks standing out stark against his skin.
His abdomen bore them too.../
All of them were her doing,
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She didn’t dare keep looking. Turning her head quickly, she caught sight of more on his shoulder;
The images of last night-their heat, their frenzy-rushed back into her mind in vivid, unrelenting flashes
She couldn't face him. Desperate to leave before he woke, she began slipping from the bed.
“Lily...”
Before she could get away, a hand closed around her wrist. She turned and met his half-lidded eyes, still hazy
from waking.
James had never been the type to forget after drinking. Their eyes locked, and at first his mind was a tangle. But
when he took in the marks scattered over her skin, his eyes widened in pain and regret. Memories from the night
before began to sharpen.
She had wanted to end her pregnancy, to be with Jackson. The thought had torn him apart. In a rare loss of
control, he'd gone to the wine cellar and brought up a cache of strong liquor, drinking until his mind was fogged.
When he saw her in the study, it had felt like a dream.
He couldn't tell if she was Leila or Lily-or if Leila had always been Lily. What he wanted had always been her.
His yearning had overpowered his reason, and in the haze of desire, he had forgotten all restraint.
He remembered carrying her to the master bedroom, remembered the way passion drowned out every
boundary, remembered only stopping when she had passed out from exhaustion.
And now, with clarity, he could see it-how she had resisted when he first grabbed her and kissed her, how she
had told him to let her go.
He had been like a maddened beast, without reason or morality, ignoring her words and her will entirely.
Which meant that last night... he had forced her.
He had forced her, even when she had pledged herself to another man and planned a future with him.
“Lily, 1...”
James shut his eyes against the weight of it.
When he opened them again, the whites were streaked with red.
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Instead, on the yery first day, he had behaved like something less than human.
How could she ever care for, let alone love, a man like that?
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