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Her long, dark hair spread through the water like silk algae. Her skin-pale as snow, flawless as jade- glowed beneath the light.
With her eyes closed, floating like that under the red dress, she looked just like a mermaid who’d only just grown legs and risen to the surface of the sea. ut, 22 J
James’ face went pitch-black. It looked like someone had poured a whole bottle of ink over him.
Why couldn’t she just wear the dress into the bath?
Her body kept slipping lower….
He didn’t want to touch her, but he couldn’t just stand there and let her drown. Scowling, he stepped forward and lifted her out of the water.
Pale skin broke through the surface, beautiful and striking.
The soft scent of body wash rose around him like smoke-delicate but maddening, gnawing at the edges of his sanity like ants at the roots of a tree.
He turned his face away immediately, grabbing a towel from the side and wrapping her up tightly.
After tossing her onto the large bed, he felt like he’d barely survived a war. Only then did he exhale deeply.
Noticing the medicine he’d thrown onto the table earlier, he reminded her with a dark look, “Lily. Take your medicine.”
She didn’t react at all-no comprehension in her eyes.
Left with no choice, he walked over, took the pills, and placed them directly into her mouth.
To avoid any awkward contact, James kept his distance, leaning just close enough to ensure she swallowed.
Once she obediently took the medicine, his expression finally softened.
Ashton had said the drug worked fast. She should calm down soon. No more crying about being hot.
“Stingy jerk. Not even one kiss… I’m gonna kiss you anyway!”
Just as he was about to pull back, she suddenly launched herself upright-clinging to him like a koala.
He’d let his guard down. She’d been curled up quietly in the corner of the bed, and now, she caught him completely off guard.
Before he could react, she cupped his face with both hands-exactly like in the car-fuming like a child denied candy.
She kissed him again. Fiercely.
“I said kiss me! Or I’ll bite you!”
“Lily! Take your mouth off me!”
Veins pulsed at James’ temple. He sat up fast, raising his hand to push her away.
But she was too slippery, too chaotic. As he moved-her towel slipped.
And she was suddenly, completely exposed in front of him.
And worse-his hand…
James’ breath hitched violently.
He still wanted to push her away.
But in this state-where could he even touch her? Where couldn’t he?
He didn’t know where to grab. Didn’t know how to move her without causing more problems.
And in that moment of hesitation, her hand fell to his shirt.
In a blink, his buttons were undone. Chest, abs, and defined lines flashed under the light.
Every inch of it screamed trouble. Nothing about it was pure.
Then she kissed him again-hot, messy, uncontrolled. Her hand creeping lower.
He couldn’t allow this to continue. No matter how awkward, no matter what part he accidentally touched
“Lily! Stop holding on to me! Stay away from me!”
His grip tightened around her waist, but it still took several tries before James could finally fling Lily across the room-into the corner near the wall.
His voice remained cold and sharp. “I’ll say it again-we both agreed to keep our boundaries. No more physical contact!”
The medicine was starting to work. After being thrown aside, Lily’s clumsy hands had knocked her head against the wall. Finally, the fog in her peach blossom eyes cleared, and her chaotic thoughts began to settle.
Her mind snapped fully awake.
Whether drunk or drugged, Lily had never been the kind to black out.
She remembered everything with crystal clarity.
She remembered stepping out of the restroom, being knocked unconscious, and taken to The Charmer.
She remembered the women who stripped and cleaned her, who forced pills down her throat.
She remembered that in her darkest moment-when she’d been ready to bite through her tongue to end it all-Jam?s appeared like a blaze of light, pulling her out of the black pit of hell.
To say he saved her life tonight was no exaggeration.
If he hadn’t shown up when he did, even if she’d managed to die on her own terms, her body would’ve been violated beyond recognition.
But what had she done to him afterward?
She…
Lily raised her eyes-and immediately saw the vivid scratches across James’ cold, pale chest and the deep red marks trailing from his neck to his collarbone.
Kiss marks.
The buttons on his designer shirt were all undone.
One was even missing-ripped off by her, clearly.
Tonight, she had-
Forced a kiss on him.
Molested him.
Bit him.
Practically-
As she recalled the chaotic scenes from the car and the bed, Lily was so ashamed she wanted to dig herself a grave and bury herself on the spot.
How could she have acted with such reckless lust, doing so many disgraceful, unforgivable things?
This wasn’t just biting the hand that fed her. She was worse than a venomous snake.
At least the snake only bit the farmer once.
She? She kissed, bit, groped-God only knew how many times.
The deeper she thought, the worse she felt. She smacked herself on the forehead hard.
She wasn’t usually like this. She remembered clearly-about a month ago, she’d encountered Simon.
Rather than touch him inappropriately, she’d jumped into a freezing cold pool to sober herself up.
But now? With James?
She’d turned into a hormone-fueled maniac, completely out of control, practically ripping his clothes off.
Ugh!
Her hands, her mouth, her arms, her legs, her entire self-what the hell had she been doing?!
She wasn’t just ungrateful-she was vile. She wasn’t even human anymore!
“Lily.”
James noticed her eyes had regained focus. The drug had done its job. She was lucid now.
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