Chapter 16

I looked at him puzzled after we went up to my room, and I was very surprised when I didn't find Hela on our way after we finished our walk in the park.

Sadly, she left us alone. I had great hope for her impulsiveness, to create a problem with him because of her and leave him to her, even though the idea of the two being alone in one place suffocates me, and I can't find an explanation for that.

I gave him my back. I'm trying to hide my troubled feelings, and I felt him right behind me, his arm wrapped around my waist supporting my body to him, and his other hand messing with my locks of hair with gentle caressing.

Leaning his head on my shoulders, whispering near my ears, and saying in his deep, strong voice,

"I obeyed you because I didn't like her condescending way of dealing with you and because I wanted to explore my forbidden areas as you glimpsed in front of her. You're deadly, Sophia. You have your own beauty, a forbidden fruit, and yet I yearn for it."

His words aroused many u