All Chapters of The CEO Who Won’t Let Me Go: Chapter 61 - Chapter 70

The first kiss brushed the sensitive spot just beneath my earlobe. I froze, too scared to move, because something inside me had snapped open, unleashing wave after wave of unbearable pleasure through my body. I wanted more… just a little more, and then I’d tell him to stop touching me. Stop kissing me too.His breath skimmed across my skin, and every place my body pressed against his burned with heat. Alan’s arms stayed tight around my shoulders, but the second he realized I wasn’t fighting him off, his hands slid lower, settling against my waist.Please, universe, let him think I’m distracted by the view. Let him think I’m too mesmerized by the water glowing beneath the sunset to notice what he’s doing.The damp touch against my neck sent a shiver through me, and he pulled back abruptly. If I could’ve, I probably would’ve groaned in disappointment.“Zoe, if you turn around right now, I’m going to kiss you,” he said roughly against my ear, and my heart stumbled.No one had ever given

Kira had been determined to find something in the tiny local shops, but the language barrier turned the whole thing into a disaster. Even speaking English barely helped. After a while, we gave up and just bought whatever we could point at before stopping for lunch at a cozy little café nearby.Surrounded by lush flowers in painted ceramic pots, I picked at the unfamiliar but surprisingly good food while listening to Kira talk. Mostly about her brother. She listed his qualities so enthusiastically it almost felt like she was trying to sell him to me.“And he’s the oldest son too. He and our father aren’t getting along right now, but I know he’ll become the next CEO of the family business eventually.”“I’m sure he will,” I murmured distractedly, my mind drifting somewhere else entirely.I really was trying to listen to her, but every thought somehow circled back to Alan. To his hands. His voice. The way he’d touched me. The pleasure he’d made me feel still lingered in my body like a dan

AlanHow could I have ever tried to force her into this before? Even now, she was scared, no matter how badly she wanted me. I could feel it — her desire, the way her body responded to every touch — but guilt and fear still held her back. Fear because of her fiancé. Because of what this meant.Zoe was so sweet. So innocent. So inexperienced.And once, I’d wanted to break her.I should hate the man I used to be for the way I treated her.“Will you let me take care of the rest, Zoe?” I asked quietly, because her consent mattered more to me than anything else.She immediately pulled away, pressing herself against the wall and covering her chest with her arms like she needed protection from me. The tiny bit of distance between us hit me like ice sliding under my skin.That space shouldn’t exist tonight.She stayed silent, but I couldn’t keep going until I heard what I needed to hear. She wasn’t stopping me… but that wasn’t enough.Closing the distance again, I decided to show her exactly

I honestly had no idea how I managed to pull off the sleepy just-woke-up act in front of Kira, but somehow she didn’t suspect a thing. Instead, she casually invited me to wander around the market with her and her brother. Tomorrow afternoon we’d be heading home, so she’d decided to squeeze every bit she could out of our last day here and spend some time at the beach too. I didn’t care what we did as long as Alan was there.I’d only been away from him for an hour while I showered and came downstairs for breakfast, but somehow it had felt way longer.A cool palm pressed against my forehead, followed by my father’s concerned voice.“Zoe, are you okay? Your face is really red.”I lowered my fork and looked up at Konstantin. He’d come down late for breakfast, so Kira, Boris, and I had already started eating without him.“I’m fine,” I said, trying not to stumble over the words.How was I supposed to not blush when my eyes kept drifting toward the table by the window where Alan sat with his

“What do you mean?” I asked, staring at him.“Ask him yourself, Zoe. If what he feels for you is real, he’ll tell you the truth. And if it’s not…” Boris let out a quiet sigh before giving me a faint smile. “Then maybe you should think carefully before tying your life to his.”“And the engagement?” I asked hesitantly.“Don’t worry about that. Whatever you decide, I’ll accept it.”“Okay…” I murmured, lost in thought.I’d already asked Alan something similar once before, and he’d refused to answer. Maybe I should try again. Boris had managed to get inside my head after all. What if Alan really had only been driven by selfish motives from the start? What if I was just another piece in whatever game he was playing?Boris leaned back in his lounge chair and fell silent. My mood darkened almost instantly, and suddenly the beach didn’t seem beautiful anymore. I just wanted the day to end already so I could finally talk to Alan.Time crawled by painfully slow. I hated not being able to go near