Chapter 60: Professor Drake is Blake?

"I like the sound of that. My woman can never be a weakling!"

He growled into her ears, holding her waist from behind and pulling his body into hers. She found the heat of his body soothing and enticing.

His woman? She felt shivers run up her spine at the mention of that word 'woman'.

She was gonna tell him not to call her that again, but then she kicked against the idea. She actually liked the word. She liked it when he called her his woman.

"Now open your eyes and face your fears. The crowd can't harm you." He leaned into her ears and whispered, placing his big and callous palm on her shoulders.

She slowly opened her eyes, her vision fuzzy at first, but it slowly became distinct.

She looked over at the crowd with her heart racing in her chest and her warm breath heavy. After a while, when she saw she didn't have another episode of a panic attack from staring at the crowd, she squeaked. She wasn't afraid anymore. She had overcome her fears.

Turning to him, she unexpectedly clasped