to scare me. Yes, I deeply regret it, and I’m suffering the consequences. But it wasn’t as your friend saw.”

Whitney finished, her voice breaking, tears spilling over as she stubbornly turned her head to wipe them away.

She did not want him to see her weakness, her vulnerability.

But her fragile, tender state unwittingly tugged at Ludwik’s heartstrings.

His eyes widened with surprise, then narrowed as he licked his lips and spoke in a husky voice, “Why didn’t you tell me sooner that you were bullied? I thought you…”

“You never gave me a chance,” she shot back, her voice filled with accusation, “Preston wasn’t the only one who bullied me tonight. Without understanding the situation, you embarrassed me.”

Facing her accusation, Ludwik’s face tightened, “Does it hurt much?”

“What do you think?”

“Lie down. I’ll apply the ointment.”

“Don’t…”

“Don’t argue!”

He was imperious and authoritative, not to be denied, lifting her shirt and steadying her slender waist to apply the ointment.

under his touch, the moment’s intimacy overwhelming despite its medical nature. Her face

fingers were

to pause, his gaze growing heated as he

whisper, “Whitney, there are

what?” Whitney

and can be misconstrued,” his voice was seductively

dawning on her, “I

His voice

her words were even more inappropriate and buried her embarrassment

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hand, applying the ointment, shifted direction, accidentally

over her, and from his angle, her waist seemed as soft as

quelling the rising

“Thank you…”

fingers

was steamy, and his

as she pulled her shirt down,

I patch you up, and that’s how you repay me?” Ludwik’s

I’m just trying to avoid an awkward situation!” Whitney

how to respond, she asked, “What would you like

lack of a simple ‘thank you‘ had ruffled his feathers. He caught sight of her innocent eyes and decided to tease, “Didn’t you say you’d dance for me when we got

a

a moment

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