The young woman's stunningly beautiful and delicate face magnified in Nicholas's pupils.
The distance between them grew closer... and closer...
Their noses were almost touching.
If she moved forward just a fraction of an inch.
His lips would meet hers.
Nicholas's heart leaped into his throat.
His enchanting eyes grew deeper, swirling like a vortex.
He stared, unblinking, at the young woman above him.
His breathing gradually grew heavier.
At that moment, the young woman suddenly smiled, her low, lazy voice tinged with a
hint of teasing. "How would Mr. Blackwood like me to thank him?"
"Like this?"
As she spoke.
Her breath intertwined with his.
Nicholas's body tensed, the vortex in his eyes churning more violently, as if hiding something.
Only the arm resting on the sofa showed the veins bulging on its surface.
It was obvious...
He was desperately trying to restrain some powerful emotion.
The young woman seemed to lean even closer...
Her lips descended.
Their breaths mingled.
Darkness surged in Nicholas's eyes.
Just as the veins on his arm were about to burst from the strain, just as his hand
was about to snake around her slender waist and turn the tables...
A soft, delicate touch pressed against his thin lips.
It was...
the girl's finger.
Just as their lips were a mere hair's breadth apart.
The hand cupping his chin had slid up.
Pressed between their mouths.
Just a light touch.
The girl straightened up, looking down at him from above.
The shadow cast by her long, dark lashes made her eyes curve with mischievous amusement.
"Thought I was going to kiss you?"
Her finger was still on his lips.
Suddenly, she pressed down firmly.
Distorting the man's thin, sexy lips slightly.
But it only added a heart-stopping, almost demonic beauty to his face.
He really was a charmer.
Serena tapped his lips twice with her fingertip in a casual manner.
Then, she pulled her hand back.
She glanced at him, her voice dripping with playful mockery. "...Dream on."
The young woman's unique, crisp fragrance faded from his senses.
The warmth dissipated with it.
She turned and walked away.
She left with such swagger, without a moment's hesitation.
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He raised a hand, his long, elegant fingers gently touching his own lips.
The sensation of her fingertip still seemed to be there.
He licked his lips, his eyes darkening.
He tilted his head back, closed his eyes, and draped his forearm over them hiding the increasingly
turbulent darkness in theirths.
His exposed, sexy Adam's apple bobbed up and down.
A clear sign of the turmoil in his heart.
"Such a little heartbreaker... teases me and runs."
His voice was extremely hoarse.
He was still too principled.
In a situation like that...
He should have just thrown all decency out the window.
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Serena walked out of the main house.
The cool night wind on her face helped to clear her slightly dizzy head.
Under the bright moonlight, her ears were revealed to be almost beet red.
Just now...
She had almost given in to his allure.
And kissed him.
She had been so close...
That man was a true devil.
Always tempting people.
Serena raised a hand, pressing it against her pounding heart.
"Young lady, please wait..."
Suddenly, a middle-aged woman's voice called out from the direction of the ballroom.
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