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 left,” he

what he would do

told him, “I trust you, and I know that you won’t hurt me. Open

head. “You don’t understand how enticing you are to

arms earlier, he had an urge to just lock her up inside the cage with him so they could be together here for the

was

he had no other

the bars before softly telling him, “Open the door.”

allure to it, but he still would not

me,” she repeated softly. “Open the

you again? You might never be able

end, as Weston eventually relented and

seemed powerless

quickly grabbed the keys from the palm of

noise, and to Weston, it felt

towards him, and knelt

make him look

nothing, but she could see his Adam’s

that it seemed he was trying to peer into the depths

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