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James had changed into a clean tank top and loose lounge pants.
His build was just too good. Wearing that tank top showed off the sculpted muscles in his arms, making his figure look even taller and more powerful.
She had accidentally touched him earlier, and she knew now that the rest of him was just as… impressive.
The moment that thought popped into her head, Lily was mortified. She immediately lowered her head in shame.
And as soon as she looked down, she spotted the bite marks and scratch marks she’d left on his skin, and her embarrassment deepened.
James had heard her laughing.
He knew she was probably chatting with that classmate of hers.
The fact that she could smile so easily while talking to someone else, yet acted like she’d seen a ghost whenever she saw him-he couldn’t explain why, but it made his chest feel tight again.
Still, letting her get to him was a mistake.
He wasn’t going to keep making mistakes.
Without looking at her again, he strode off on his long legs, carrying a chill in the air as he entered the study.
Once she heard the door shut and was sure James had gone into the study, Lily slowly lifted her head again, still wearing her guilty little student expression.
She silently swore to herself that if she ever crossed the line with James again, she’d punish herself by gaining ten pounds.
But her brain had a mind of its own. The moment she made that vow, the image of James with his shirt undone, covered in red marks, popped right back into her head.
That was the peak of battle-worn beauty.
He looked like a seductive male siren, dangerous and impossible to resist.
“Leila, what did you eat tonight?”
She had almost eaten that male siren alive.
No-no, she couldn’t reply with that!
She frantically deleted the nonsense her fingers had typed on impulse and started over: “Had pasta. It was so good. Lasagna too! The steamed fish smelled amazing! Yeah yeah yeah, I just love food!”
James quietly made a mental note-she liked all kinds of food.
Earlier today, Ashton had suggested that a barbecue date in the wild might be a good idea. Tomorrow night, after they met, he could invite her to go camping the day after. He could grill food for her.
Yes, that sounded good. But in the ingredients he had arranged before, there was no eggplant-he needed to add eggplant.
“Elias, has anyone ever taken advantage of you?I mean like forcing a kiss or touching you inappropriately… just doing something really out of lineIf someone ever did that to you, would you completely hate them? Like, want to tear them apart?”
Taken advantage of…
Tonight, Lily had gone wild on him, doing every inappropriate thing she could think of.
And he hadn’t even pushed her off immediately…
James, uncharacteristically, felt a bit guilty. A wave of intense self-disgust spread through him, making him loathe himself more than ever.
He felt more and more unworthy of Leila-ashamed to even face her.
But he also knew that she didn’t know Lily had been on top of him tonight. If she suddenly asked a question like that, she must’ve gone through something unpleasant.
He was worried, and his heart ached. With a sense of urgency, he typed, “Did someone hurt you? Where are you? I’ll come find you right now!”
He was going to destroy whatever bastard had dared lay a hand on her. That scum would regret ever being born.
Lily had only asked because she was eaten up with guilt and wanted to know-from a man’s perspective- how much damage her actions tonight might’ve done to James. She wasn’t going to let Elias come see her.
She quickly explained, “Not me. My big brother.”
“A few days ago, my brother was taken advantage of by a woman he really, really hates. I’m just worried
Tue, 22 JUI he’ll be traumatized.”
Knowing it wasn’t her who had been mistreated, James relaxed a little.
He didn’t love that her brother kept trying to set her up with guys, but that was still his future brother-in- law. Of course he had to care about his mental health.
James wasn’t great at comforting people, so he awkwardly typed, “Being groped by a woman you despise is definitely revolting.”
“But don’t worry too much. I’m sure your brother will get through it.”
Revolting…
Lily’s heart skipped a beat.
So in a man’s eyes, what she did tonight really was revolting.
She’d returned kindness with that kind of filth-James probably wanted to cut her into pieces, but held back out of basic decency.
She didn’t reply for a long time. James assumed it was getting late and she was dozing off while texting.
He didn’t want her to stay up. Tenderly, he typed, “Leila, see you tomorrow.”
“Get some rest. Goodnight.”
Lily had been beating herself up for quite a while before she noticed his message.
She quickly replied, “See you tomorrow. Goodnight.”
Earlier, she’d been so eaten up with guilt over what her horrible hands, mouth, legs, and everything else had done to James that she couldn’t sleep.
But once she saw Elias’s goodnight message, her restless heart somehow calmed down.
She looked at her phone and softly whispered, “Goodnight,” before drifting off into a deep, peaceful sleep.
On the nearly three-meter-wide bed, Lily was fast asleep. In the study, James was rubbing his thumb across the last message she had sent, unable to fall asleep no matter how he tried.
See you tomorrow…
Tomorrow, he would finally see the girl he had been longing for day and night.
But tonight…
He was too ashamed to face her, and yet he missed her so badly he felt like he was going insane.
“Leila, I’m sorry.”
James stared deeply at her cartoon avatar, heart full of guilt. “I did so many disgraceful things. I feel disgusting and shameless. I’m not good enough for you. But I really, really like you. I don’t want to let go, I’ll treat you even better from now on, spend my whole life making it up to you. Please don’t hate me…”
“Leila… Leila…”
Murmuring her name, James stared blankly at the screen as it slowly dimmed, only falling asleep much. later.
Maybe because he had been chanting her name before he dozed off, he ended up dreaming about her again.
A thick fog enveloped her, hiding her face completely. He couldn’t even see her figure clearly.
But somehow, he knew-it was her. She was his Leila.
Finally, sunlight broke through the mist, a breeze blew across his face, clearing the haze away.
And then, he saw a flicker of red fabric.
Next came a slender, pale calf,
Bathed in warm sunlight, she walked toward him step by step.
Before he could see her face clearly, a pair of snow-pale arms had already wrapped around his neck.
“Elias, can I kiss you? I really want to kiss you.”
How could he say no?
His ears turned red as he turned his face away, allowing her to draw closer.
And she boldly, shamelessly kissed him on the lips-then clumsily deepened the kiss.
The feelings she stirred in him were too overwhelming. He was afraid he’d lose control in front of her and she’d be disgusted, so he closed his eyes, struggling to suppress the flames burning in his blood.
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