Chapter 175
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Chapter 175:
I kept my gaze on the road ahead and turned the wheel smoothly, a trace of bitterness and jealousy slipping into my voice before I even realized it. “Nancy was all over you just now. How was I supposed to interrupt? If I ruined your good time, I wouldn’t be able to make up for it.”
Ethan went quiet for a beat, then laughed softly, the sound low and magnetic inside the enclosed car.
“I only helped her keep her balance. She drank too much and couldn’t stand steadily.”
“Couldn’t stand steadily?” I let out a cold laugh, my mind replaying the image of Nancy hanging onto him like a seductress. “I think she had other intentions. Since she was being so obvious, why not just take her home? You might even get a nice little surprise.”
Ethan said nothing, only looked at me with those eyes that always seemed to strip everything bare.
After a long pause, he spoke in a quiet voice. “I don’t want that kind of surprise from her, but there is a pleasant surprise waiting for you tonight. You’ll find out when we get home.”
At the time, I did not catch what he really meant and only assumed he was brushing me off again.
The moment we got back, I headed straight for the bathroom.
𝖲𝗍о𝗋іеs 𝗒𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝗼n’𝘵 𝗽𝗎𝘵 𝖽o𝘄ո 𝗈n 𝗴𝗮𝘭𝘯𝗈𝗏𝘦𝘭𝗌.𝗰𝘰𝗆
As the warm water ran over my exhausted body, I shut my eyes and tried to wash the day’s unpleasant scenes out of my mind.
All at once, the bathroom door was pushed open.
Ethan walked in wearing a loose black silk robe.
His face was flushed in a way that wasn’t normal, his breathing was rapid and heavy, and his usually icy eyes were bloodshot, burning with raw desire.
My heart jolted, and I instinctively shrank back into the corner of the tub. “What are you doing in here? Get out!”
“Lianne.”
He said my name under his breath, and I immediately realized something was wrong.
His Alpha pheromones were bursting into the air beyond his control, carrying an intense, violent heat.
“Were you drugged?” I blurted out, instantly thinking of Nancy. “Was it her?”
Ethan did not answer. He only kept staring at me, the veins at his temples throbbing from the force of his restraint.
I pointed toward the shower and urged him, “Take a cold shower! Like last time at the Voss estate, go, now!”
“It’s too cold.” He came closer, his voice low and dangerous. “I’ll get sick.”
“Then go to the hospital! I’ll drive you there!” I started to climb out of the tub.
“There isn’t enough time.”
Without warning, he grabbed the back of my head and crushed his burning lips against mine.
It was a punishing kiss, fierce and desperate, yet beneath it was a tenderness so intense it almost hurt.
The heat of his body bled through the thin robe, as though he meant to burn me down to nothing.
I fought back, shoving at his chest, but the instant my palms touched his fever-hot skin, all my strength to resist drained away.
At that moment, the mate bond flared violently, and my body betrayed my mind by surrendering to him.
In my flustered state, I tore his robe off.
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