Chapter 10 – Surprised Attack

(Brielle’s POV)

“Brielle,” Cole whispered my name, his hands grabbing my shoulders, but I continued to kneel before him.

I swallowed hard because I had never done this in my life, but this would buy me time to come up with a way to stop his magical hands from undressing me, and I had to think fast about how to escape from his room.

“Umm… Brielle,” he said, not sounding nervous, but his tone was something else I could not comprehend. I craned my neck to look at him, seeing him shaking his head at me like stopping me.

Before I could tease him that he was being a coward, the door opened wide, and Cole had to place his hand on my head, tapping lightly to bend my head down.

“Gosh, Cole!” growled Xian, entering the bedroom without bothering to knock. “I’ve been loo-” she stopped.

Even without seeing her face, I knew her eyes were pinned on me. My hands groped the floor, pretending to look for something.

“She lost her earring,” Cole said.

She scoffed. “Last time, she lost her hairpin,