"And you're not a normal person?"
Nicholas suddenly stepped closer, leaning down slightly. He planted his hands on the console on either side of her.
His tall, lean frame completely enveloped her.
The distance between them shrank abruptly.
Serena felt his scent wash over her, overwhelming all her senses.
Those deep, captivating eyes were fixed on her at point-blank range.
It was... lethal.
This sly fox knew exactly how to use his advantages.
His face, an aristocratic and almost devilishly handsome mix, was intoxicating.
And as if that wasn't enough, at this proximity, the sly fox had a smirk playing on his thin, rose-colored lips. His low, husky voice was like a hook, tugging at her ears.
"You won't face this with your family, but you're willing to let me get involved, to face this with you... Does this mean I'm more than just a temporary arrangement to you, Serena?"
He was too close.
So close that when he spoke those ambiguous words, his warm breath ghosted across her face.
Up close, the man's refined, almost demonic face was even more bewitching.
Especially his eyes-they were deep and dark, swirling with some unfamiliar, fluttering emotion she couldn't quite decipher.
A tingling sensation, a slight tremor, went through Serena's heart.
The feeling was completely new to her.
Regarding his words, she had to admit that Nicholas...
Was indeed different.
It seemed she had subconsciously never treated him as an outsider.
It was as if she had naturally come to accept his presence in everything.
She was even, quite naturally, letting him in on some of the secrets of her identity.
That would have been absolutely impossible before.
Nicholas was the only person she had ever let her guard down around, completely on instinct.
Serena's long lashes trembled slightly Suppressing the heat rising to her face, she calmly met his gaze "That's because you're not anormal person either, are you?"
The man was looking down at her.
As she looked up.
Their eyes met, and the man's
deep set eyes were like a finely
Woven het three
dark
l.ne
to pull I herin
and trap her there.
Serena pressed her lips together and continued, “You have abilities. You're useful.
Why wouldn't I use you?"
The girl's tone was stiff, her expression tense.
But the tips of her ears... were flushed crimson.
Nicholas chuckled, a smile crinkling the corners of his eyes. “Use me?”
He shifted, leaning even closer.
Their noses were almost touching.
He could clearly see the slight flutter of her lashes and the forced composure in her eyes.
He let out another low laugh. “So bold about 'using' me?"
Serena's face remained tense, her tone indeed very bold. "You know you're being used, but you're letting me do it, aren't you?"
.net
"Yes..." Nicholas chuckled, his charming eyes curving into crescents. “But Miss
Lancaster, using me comes with a price."
As he spoke.
Nicholas's gaze slowly drifted down, landing on the girl's alluring lips.
The dangerous implication was glaringly obvious.
Honestly, with this distance, this atmosphere, and the sly fox's bewitching face...
This deliberate seduction...
Did have the power to send her heart into turmoil.
Serena's gaze was fixed on the man's face.
For once, she didn't immediately shove his hands away or push his face back to
create distance.