Chapt. 10

"Let's get down to it." He broke their eye battle as he slumped onto the sofa.

He didn't know what mosquito bit her to have her present in the middle of his suite with a first aid kit but he was delighted. Her beauty seemed to be evolving every second he set eyes on her even though caked up.

He didn't very much appreciate that she covered up her freckles as well as hid behind the layers of god knows what.

He was tempted to dislocate her lips with kisses and have her garments flying over the suite's balcony but lips and fingers froze to himself as memories arose from the depths of his mind. His aim wasn't to take advantage of her like before but to win the heart he had disregarded and for that to happen, he had to respect himself and above all, respect her for he had learned a lot over the years. He wasn't the same Mason she used to know, he wished she could pass the wall of despair, abhor, and distance she'd built towards him.

He winced at the slither