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.

still have some self–control left,” he

would do if Stella remained here

trust you, and I know that you won’t hurt me.

don’t understand how enticing you are to me right now.”

had an urge to just lock her up inside the cage with him so they could be together here for the rest of their

for him, that was completely

could never hurt her, so he had

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

had a magical allure to it, but he still would not

me,” she repeated softly. “Open the

again? You might never be able to get rid

proved to be effective in the end, as Weston eventually

powerless yet

from the palm of his hand and opened

a clicking noise, and to Weston, it felt like Stella had just opened a

stepped into the cage, walked towards him, and knelt

she lifted up his chin to make him look into

see his Adam’s apple move up and

intently that it seemed he was trying to peer into the depths of her

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