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,”

do if Stella

took a deep breath and told him, “I trust you, and I know that you won’t hurt me. Open the

how enticing you are to me

lock her up inside the cage with him so they could be together here

was

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

and gripped the bars before softly telling him, “Open

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

me,” she repeated softly.

might follow you around and badger you again? You might never be able to get rid of me again!” Stella said

in the end, as Weston eventually relented and handed

seemed powerless yet hesitant.

the keys from the palm of his hand and opened

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

cage, walked towards him, and knelt

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

see his Adam’s apple

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

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