"Be it resentment… or love."
One shocking statement after another.
Nina felt like she had become someone else in that moment—
Because she never imagined she was someone capable of saying any of that.
… And she felt troubled.
Christian, on the other hand, was different. Arriving at this point, he suddenly started laughing.
While finally taking his hand away from Nina's breast, he wondered if she knew that, while the first expression she showed him had been panic… and fear, now she actually had her cheeks flushed.
Was she embarrassed? Or was it something else?
… No, did she even realize what kind of expression she was making at this moment?
Christian wondered... before suddenly deciding to tease her further.
And so, he leaned in and kissed her cheek.
It shouldn't have been anything too grand for a woman who had repeatedly said she was his.
But then, why did her black eyes, with those long eyelashes, flutter like that?
