Chapter 135
In the dark, Leandro’s hand slowly reached out to touch her face, his fingertips gently sliding over her eyes.
Seraphina, with her eyes tightly shut, suddenly grabbed his hand when she felt his touch. Then, she moved his hand to her mouth and bit down hard.
She bit him real hard.
Leandro’s arm tensed, but he just let her bite him without making a sound.
Seraphina let go slowly, only after her teeth started to hurt.
Even after letting go, she still held onto his hand tightly.
Leandro wrapped his other arm around her and leaned down to kiss the corner of her mouth.
They stayed like this without moving
Until Seraphina’s breathing slowly steadied, Leandro remained awake.
It was a sleepless night for him.
In the early morning, as the sky was slowly lighting up, Leandro lifted his hand and saw the bite mark from the previous night
She bit him really hard. The teeth marks on the back of his hand were clearly visible, the wound was bleeding, turned a deep purple shade, and he reckoned it would take five to seven days to heal.
But, if these five to seven days could make up for the past seven years, it was all worth it, right?
Leandro lay still for a while, glanced at Seraphina, gently withdrew his arm from around her, and prepared to get up.
But just as he moved, Seraphina stirred. Her hand reached for his waist and she moved closer to him.
his arms. She seemed to
suddenly became
eyes and looked
her, removed her hand from his waist, pulled back the
herself against his back, “Leandro, I
edge of the bed, not
not feverish anymore, my stomach doesn’t hurt, and my bowels feel fine…” she said, leaning in close to his ear,
his robe
hand, his
again, this time, she only said a few words.
“I want you”
three seconds, she found herself tossed onto
but laugh and reached out to embrace the man
Keen arrived at the apartment as usual to pick up Leandro for
of the elevator, he only saw Laura standing
to her, “Why are you standing here and not bringing in the
“I rang the doorbell, but Mr. Reynolds didn’t respond.”
the bell. She would only
since Leandro didn’t respond, she didn’t dare to enter the
Leandro always woke up at six o’clock sharp. Now it was already half past seven, he should have been up
also reached out and pressed the doorbell.
began to
quickly this time
with Laura, and then pushed open
and didn’t find Leandro there either. So, the answer was
prepare breakfast as usual, while Keen sat on the sofa, reading the news and waiting
just turned on the shower
fooling around.” He glanced
around.” Seraphina said, “It’s still early,
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