Chapter 15: Playing hard to get!

"I'm sorry, let's forget about what I said. I should leave, it's getting late," Astrid states as she prepared to exit the bed. Nonetheless, he prevented her by seizing her arm and drawing her back onto the bed.

"I am sorry!" he mutters, apologetically.

Blaze's fingers entangles with Astrid's, crafting a tableau of tenderness above her head as he assumes his place, reigning above. Though his initial design was to reject her, a tide of remorse, uninvited, courses within, compelling him to unfurl the scroll of his true relationship with Tiffany.

Conscious of the delicate thread that Astrid's well-being hung upon, he came to a profound realization that severing the ties of his existing relationship with Tiffany was an imperative step.

This decision was not only motivated by the desire to remain unwaveringly loyal to his newfound mate, but also stirred by the profound connection they had forged since their paths intertwined, an encounter that had reshaped the course of his heart's journ