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.

some self–control

dared not imagine what he would do if Stella remained

I know that you won’t hurt me. Open

“You don’t understand how

in his arms earlier, he had an urge to just lock her up inside the cage with him so they could

him, that was completely beyond the

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

up to the cage and gripped the bars before softly telling him, “Open

allure to it, but he

me,” she repeated softly. “Open the

that I might follow you around and badger you again? You might never be able to get

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

powerless

the keys from the palm of his hand and opened the cage.

opened with a clicking noise, and to Weston, it felt

the cage, walked towards him, and knelt down in front of him.

him look

she could see his Adam’s apple move up

seemed he was trying to

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