Chapter 1378

Stella let him hug her for a long time. She could very clearly feel his chest rising and falling violently as he held her in his arms.

Finally, she patted his back and told him, “You’re covered in blood. Let’s get you cleaned up for now, and then we’ll talk.”

Only then did Weston let her go.

Stella got up, turned away from him, and walked out of the cage.

“Take off the rest yourself,” she said. “I’ll wait for you here.”

But to her surprise, the next moment, she heard him shut the cage door. She turned around and saw Weston already locking himself up inside again.

He then slumped down onto the floor powerlessly before covering his eyes with his hands, refusing to even look at her.

“What are you doing?” she asked, frowning as she walked up to him.

“You should leave now,” he told her. “Forget about me.”

His voice was gruff and croaky as if he was exerting great self–control in every word he spoke. His Adam’s apple moved as he swallowed his saliva.

I still have some self–control left,” he added raspily.

do if Stella remained

told him, “I trust you, and I know that you won’t

“You don’t understand how enticing you are

an urge to just lock her up inside the cage with him so they

that was

that he could never hurt her, so he had no other choice

the cage and gripped the bars before softly telling him,

a magical allure to it, but he still would

she repeated softly.

and badger you again? You might never be able to get rid

to be effective in the end, as Weston eventually relented and

seemed powerless yet

the keys from the palm of his hand and opened the

to Weston, it felt like Stella had just opened a door into his

him,

chin to make him look into her eyes, “are you going to

she could see his

it seemed he was trying to peer into the depths of

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