Luna never guessed that Joshua could be so bold. His rock-hard chest pressed against her, pushing her into the sofa.

The distance between the two of them was so incredibly small that she could clearly feel the heat radiating off his body, his steady heartbeat, and his rhythmic breaths.

Her own breathing grew ragged.

Joshua looked at her delicate features with narrowed eyes, his gaze cold and deep. “Answer me, Luna.“

He did not believe that someone who would exert her entire strength into pulling him up from the edge of the cliff in such a desperate situation would not have an ounce of love for him and would even go so far as to say that marrying him was an unnecessary hassle.

Luna raised her eyes and met Joshua’s deep, bottomless eyes. She did not push him away nor did she struggle, just stared at him with those clear eyes of hers. “You seem to have misunderstood.”

I saved. Even if it was Fiona hanging off the edge of the cliff, if I could, I would choose to save her too. Not to mention the fact that you’re not Fiona, you’re the person who saved Nigel out of Fiona’s hands.

”But I hope you understand, saving you has nothing to do with my feelings. Just because I saved you when you were in danger doesn’t mean that I have feelings for you. If I saved a dog off the streets, according to your reasoning, I would have to

cold and emotionless. Her metaphor made the light in his eyes grow dim. ”So

cracked her lips open and laughed, ”Of course not. If I saved a dog off the streets, it would be

around her arms. He heard the underlying message in her eyes as clear as day. She was inferring that he was even worse than a dog. She said marrying him was like falling into a fiery

fury rising in the pit of his stomach and slowly released her

of his body, Luna leaned on the sofa, finally breathing in deep gulps of air. When he was pressing into her, even her breaths were careful and measured. She was worried just one misstep, he would realize that her cold attitude and her hard exterior was just that, nothing but feigned bravado. After he released her, she felt as if a heavy burden

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