《Until She Was Theirs》全部章節：第 21 章 - 第 30 章

Lilith's POV If anyone would have told me a few months ago that I would be having dinner with Nolan and Cassian on a Friday night after work instead of being with my husband, I would have laughed and said they needed a doctor. I was so sure of my marriage, sure of my company But there I was in an uptown restaurant, under dim golden lights, watching Nolan try to look relaxed when obviously his definition of “relaxed” was still painfully stiff.He had chosen the kind of restaurant that screamed quiet sophistication yet with slow jazz playing in the background, polished tables, waiters who walked like they were on the clouds. It fits him perfectly, a CEO. Every inch of him was composed, from his neatly ironed shirt to the watch on his wrist that looked like it could pay a regular civil servant's rent twice over.“I did not think this would actually happen tonight,” I teased, swirling the wine in my glass.Nolan’s lips twitched a micro-expression that most people would miss, but I’d know

Lilith POVI avoided the living room like it was cursed. After what happened last night, I am certain that I don't have the courage to look at Nolan without my body reminding me of that awkward, heat filled moment in my room. Every time I closed my eyes, all I saw was a picture of his face equally startled and breathless and I just wanted to bury myself alive.So, I did the what was the best thing, I hid.It was almost noon when Cassian barged into my room without even knocking, his usual annoying grin plastered all over his face.“Up, sunshine. Family meeting,” he said, tossing aside the comforter that was covering me.“I am not hungry Cassian,” I mumbled, pulling the cover over me.“I’m not asking if you are hungry,” he said, snatching the cover away. “I said family meeting.”“Cassian….”“Now.”Cassian was annoyingly good at being persuasive, mostly because he never gave you room to argue. By the time I got downstairs, he had already set up the table, Nolan sitting at the other end,

Lilith’s POVI Did not mean for it to happen but one careless turn, one breath too close, and suddenly his lips were on mine. It was an accident. That is what I keep telling myself over and over again. But the memory did not feel like it was an accident. It felt deliberate the kind of moment that burned slow and deep, the kind you can not scrub off no matter how many times you try to convince yourself it was nothing. It isn't nothing.The taste of his breath still lingered a hint of coffee, something darker, familiar.I had stepped back first, pretending to laugh it off, saying something awkward and stupid like, “That was… unexpected.”He just looked at me that intense, unreadable gaze that made me forget how to breathe for a moment.I sat in my office, staring blankly at the presentation slides on my laptop. The numbers and words blurred together into meaningless shapes. I was supposed to be leading a negotiation that could lock in a huge partnership for the company. Instead, I was

Lilith’s POVCassian groaned faintly before his eyes fluttered open, his lashes twitching against the harsh fluorescent light above. The sterile smell of antiseptic filled the hospital room, and the rhythmic beeping of the heart monitor was the only sound that had kept me from breaking apart all night.“Easy, Cassian,” I whispered, leaning forward in my chair. “You are okay.”He blinked, squinting his eyes until his vision cleared, then scowled the moment his gaze landed on Nolan standing on the opposite side of the bed. “Why do I feel like I got hit by a moving train?”“You almost did,” Nolan said dryly. He had that look again calm on the surface but dangerously simmering underneath all that cover.Cassian tried to sit up on the bed, only to wince and sink back into the pillow. His eyes darting between us. “Where is my bike?”That was when Nolan reached into the pocket of his jacket, pulled out a folded piece of paper, and dropped it on Cassian’s stomach. “That is your real problem

Lilith POVI opened my eyes slowly, the sun already out in all of its glory and the smell of Nolan on my sheets whiffed through my nose making my toes curl against the bed as the memories of last night came flooding in. Every thrust, every bite, every position, every moan.The goosebumps that followed with these memories, made me shake them off instantly. “Nolan, this shouldn't happen again,” my words from last night haunting every part of my body as it screamed out loud for Nolan's touch once again. Even though I had dismissed him and told him this shouldn't happen again, somehow I felt he should have fought for us, he should fought to say that he wanted more but he just left. I don't blame him it's what I wanted after all but….“Fuck, I shouldn't have said that,” I muttered underneath my breath.His hands cupping my breast as he thrust deeper into me. “Do you like this Lilith?” His words from last night ringing in my ear with every thrust and my moans that followed afterwards was