Edmund never liked nor sympathized with weaklings. Being resilient and unbreakable were family traits, teachings inoculated in his behavior from a young age. Therefore, it was understandable to be grueling for him to see Isabella so weak, yet there was something about her that made his protective instincts explode.Watching her laying in the bed, so innocent and vulnerable, but so exhausted, it was difficult to digest, it made him want to do the impossible to make it better for her.She was not frail when she fought against his accusations, she was not insecure either when she discarded his marriage proposal so many times. She was not actually weak, she was just a concerned sister, Luisa was the only family she had left.Well… except him. He was now her husband, her family, and he would have to explain that to her very clearly.‘She is not alone anymore, she has me. Would she faint like this if I were the one in danger, would she cry?’“If I would not know the mighty Edmund better, I

Edmund’s brain malfunctioned the second his lips molded with hers, even though he had never forgotten about his plans to take revenge on her for Luisa’s actions. In spite of that, he could not remember the last time he was so weak for a woman, if ever.Her lips tasted like magic bliss, a sweet intoxicating flavor that tricked him into believing he had touched paradise. ‘I hate to admit this, but she is turning me on to the point that I could easily forget where we are. I could strip her naked and have her right here, in this car, in the parking lot.’The shyness in her gaze when he placed her body in such a compromising position undid him in every single possible way, everything completely disappeared around them, and the only one he had eyes for was Isabella.‘Her shivering body only adds to the fucking torture!’ It took all his self-composure not to act on his raw desires to take her roughly and more wildly than she could handle. ‘Fuck, she was a walking temptation from the firs

‘So this is how a God must look like!’The tingling sensation from her sensitive part was intensifying to the point that she could not take it anymore, her whole figure was trembling with desire, the hunger in his regard was making her weak and needy.‘I find it rather unfair for him to have this kind of power over me.’His soul sucking eyes traveled over her body and she could almost feel his blazing gaze caressing her skin.‘I can sense his hands touching me even if they are not near me, if that makes any sort of logic. I must be going crazy!’His eyes traveled slowly, increasing her cravings until they landed on the upper part of her legs. After she came out of shower while he was still in his office, she put on a night gown that was waiting for her in the closet, one that had far too little fabric for her taste, but so were the others from which she had to choose. He edged near her with fluid grace, but at the same time with the demeanor of a warrior that had never lost a battle,

They had a lovely breakfast, but Isabella could feel that something was off, even if he assured her it wasn’t.She knew that he was worried about the plane incident and his brother, and probably his business that he neglected the last few days, but somehow, she sensed that there was something more, something else that he was hiding, keeping her in the dark.‘Perhaps he regrets the night we spent together.’Her heart twisted at the mere thought, she swallowed her saliva and gazed at him as they sat in the limo on their way to hospital.Watching him so lost in his thoughts, she took the opportunity of him glancing off the window to study his virile and imposing features again. She did not know how other people saw him, but she found the man to be very appealing. She could drown in the shadowy blue pool of his eyes every day, she could play with his dark messy hair forever, or she could even melt into his vigorous arms.‘Last night, he was a freaking mouthwatering beast, my skin is burn

The images from earlier flashed before Isabella’s eyes, and breathing normally became out of the question as she remembered that woman with her arms wrapped around Edmund. That memory acted like a dagger stabbing her heart multiple times.Moreover, after being stabbed, the foolish organ was trampled on and left to bleed. That was how dampen her spirit was, that was how much pain the scene that unfolded before her eyes inflicted on her.“I don’t know why she’s here again, but she destroyed him. She ruined him. It took him years to recover, and he turned into a cold, bitter, emotionless person, a stone. My uncle would have been proud.” Moira started to speak again with undeniable resentment in her voice.‘I might have opened a wound, she will not finish until she gets everything out of her system.’As for Isabella, that was undeniably a troubling indication of how deep his love for that woman was, an affection that was probably still present in his heart, a feeling so intense would have