Can’t Win Me Back

Chapter 2157

"Let's not sleep in separate rooms tonight.Sleep with me,"

Amber said, her voice laced with forced flirtation.

She suppressed a wave of disgust, pain, and self-loathing as she invited Carl into her bed.

Her gaze, supposedly amorous, held a chilling undercurrent.

Her eyes darted toward Carl's chest, where his cross necklace hung.

She yearned to rip open his shirt with her eyes.

"Amber, what's wrong? Are you sick? Did you drink?" Carl asked, his voice hoarse and strained.

He swallowed hard, his hand touching her forehead with practiced restraint.

"No, I'm sober.I know what I'm doing,"Amber replied.Leaning in, she adopted a tender expression.

already like husband and wife, aren't we? Sharing

was desperate to find the evidence Carl

didn‘t care about the cost, even if it meant sacrificing her battered

loomed over her; she feared neither she nor Carl would leave Kontina

that could destroy Jameson in one

woman, Amber.We have all the time in the world,"Carl said, his eyes filled

he took deep

think I'm filthy, don't

heart sank as tears welled up in her

because you love me but

"No, that's not it!"

gripped her shoulders,

your hardships in getting here like I do.I will never force you to be intimate with me.And I'm only marrying you to

at him as if he

if Carl hadn't pleaded with Jameson to marry her, she might have ended up in a mass

touched, but it wasn't enough to absolve him