Chapter 1032

It was filled with an unhidden, overwhelming possessiveness for her.

The mere thought of her falling for another man filled him with a suffocating sense of crisis.

He wanted nothing more than to guard her every second, blocking any other man from getting close.

He yanked his shirt open, pressing her palm flat against his scorching skin.

Her slender fingers brushed across his abdomen.

The area was sensitive, and as her fingertips grazed his skin, his entire body tensed.

A heavy, ragged exhale escaped from deep within his chest.

“Noreen, look at me, okay?”

“Don’t look at anyone else, alright?”

“Only look at me.”

For the first time, Noreen fully understood what Claire meant when she insulted Seth.

The man was an absolute seducer.

She admitted she was entirely under his spell.

She couldn’t help it; she simply didn’t have nerves of steel.

Through the warmth of his skin, she could clearly feel the sharp lines of his muscles

and their taut power.

Her cheeks burned, and her fingers curled instinctively.

In doing so, she unexpectedly brushed against a rough, slightly raised texture.

It was a surgical scar on the side of his waist.

Noreen’s fingertips trembled violently as if burned. The romantic tension instantly evaporated, replaced by a suffocating grip on her heart.

This scar was left from when he donated his kidney.

Even after five years, it remained incredibly vivid and deep.

Even when Seth loosened his grip on her, she didn’t pull her hand away.

She simply stroked the scar gently, terrified of causing him pain.

Her heart melted into a puddle of absolute softness as a bittersweet warmth flooded

her eyes.

“…Does it still hurt?”

“No.”

“It stopped hurting a long time ago.”

“I promise.”

He emphasized it repeatedly,

terrified of making her upset, andet

d to move her hand away to hide

tried

the scar just as he always had.

But Noreen stubbornly kept her hand there, her voice trembling. “Why did you do

it?”

It was a kidney!

One of the most vital organs in the human body.

Very few people in this world would go to such extremes.

Back when Rosalind Gilmore needed a bone marrow donor, she had begged her grandparents’ family.

Yet even as her mother’s own parents and siblings, none of them were willing to step up.

But Seth had done it without hesitation.

He had even secretly donated a kidney without her knowing.

Seth placed his hand over hers, wrapping her in his warmth, bis voice exceptionally tender. Because your birthday wish was for your mother to live a long life.”

So, he had done everything in his power to make that wish come true.

Noreen’s eyelashes fluttered uncontrollably, brushing against his heart like a delicate feather.

A surging tide of emotion filled her chest, rushing up to her eyes and spilling over her lashes.

So that was it.

Just because of a birthday wish.

He had made such a massive sacrifice…

Even her breaths were shaking.

Finally, under Seth’s trembling gaze, she pushed him back against the bed.

She lowered her head and pressed a deeply reverent kiss against his scar.

In that instant, it felt as though a jolt

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Overwhelmed by a tidal wave of emotion, he lost all restraint and pulled her up against him.

He dipped his head, capturing her lips in another heavy, claiming kiss.

Perhaps fueled by the alcohol, the blood roared through their veins, and their mingled breaths turned scorching.

It felt as though they would burst into flames at any moment.