Chapter 1162

“In the lake you went diving in last time.”

The moment the words left her mouth, Seth’s breathing caught again.

He had guessed as much.

But hearing her say it out loud still ripped open that old wound, slicing perfectly into

the scar.

He didn’t let the sharp pang of agony show.

Instead, he lowered his head and captured her lips.

It wasn’t a demand, nor was it meant to comfort. It felt more like a confirmation.

Using the heat of their shared breath to confirm that the woman in his arms was real and warm.

Noreen hugged him back, her fingers digging into the fabric of his coat like she was clinging to a lifeline.

The empty space in her heart that had been vacant for five years was now being filled at an almost painful speed.

Desperate and reckless. She pressed herself against him.

Outside the car window, the early spring night breeze still carried the lingering chill of winter.

But inside the enclosed space of the vehicle, there was nothing but their tangled breaths.

Like two currents that had drifted in the dark for far too long, finally converging into the same body of water.

His kiss carried unspeakable emotions-fierce and ravenous.

He kissed Noreen until she was gasping for air, only releasing her lips to trail kisses down to her flushed earlobe and her delicate, bare shoulder.

She tilted her head back to meet him, slipping her fingers past the collar of his coat to trace the heated skin of his neck.

The darkness veiled their sight, leaving their senses hyper-aware.

Her blood raced, a flushed hue coloring her cheeks.

Her fingers blindly clutched the front of his shirt, bunching the fabric in her palm.

She could feel his heart hammering heavy and frantic against his ribs, its rhythm gradually syncing with her own.

“Seth…”

Turning her head, her lips brushed his jawline as a helpless, passionate sound slipped from her throat.

Seth kissed the base of her ear, waiting until she was completely swept up in the moment to ask, “Do you want it?”

She was panting too hard to form words.

Both her eyelashes and her body were trembling.

Seth slowly lowered himself down.

Thankfully, the interior of the car was spacious enough.

Seth shifted his position, lowering himself onto the floorboards in front of her.

The was dim. The amber

in from

nearby streetlamp slanted the side, throwing

striking profile into sharp relief.

He looked up, his gaze locking onto her hazy, desire-filled eyes.

His voice was laced with a gravelly rasp. “Noreen.”

“Reward me.”

“Yeah?”

The streetlights outside cast dappled shadows that danced slowly over their tangled silhouettes.

The early spring night remained

biting, but the temperature inside the

car soared, leaving a veil of fog over the windows and obscuring the view within content

It was hard to tell how much time had passed before the frenzy finally subsided.

Noreen lifted her heavy eyelids to look at Seth, who had pulled her back into his arms.

His skin was flushed with the heat of arousal and pure masculine exertion.

A spiderweb of red traced his eyes, tainted with the lingering burn of passion and fie hadn’t fully unleashed.

a suppressed t

Seth reached out, covering her eyes with his hand. “Rest for a minute. I’ll take you

home soon.”

Noreen felt exhausted too.

Soothed by his warm palm, she unknowingly drifted off to sleep.

When she woke again, it was three in the morning.

Seth was still holding her in the exact same position.

His body wasn’t quite as tense as before, and the flush on his face had faded.

His gaze had cleared.

But his voice was still rough.

“Awake?”

“Yeah,” she hummed.

“I’ll walk you upstairs.”

It wasn’t until he walked her to her front door that she remembered she was

supposed to be the one taking him home.

After all that back and forth, he ended up dropping her off instead.