Chapter thirty-one
His arms wrap around my waist tightly and he pulls me into him. My cheek rests against the smooth exposed skin of his chest. I don’t know how long we stayed that way both unwilling to move.
The clock strikes midnight, letting out a loud ring that has me coming to my senses again and I attempted to pull away from Dulphus who refuses to let me go.
A slight whimper is heard from him and my heart breaks all over again as I pull away only enough to look into his eyes. They are almost back to their sweet blue but even more red and to my dismay also watery.
“Stay.” He pleads with me softly.
I bite my lower lip. How could I possibly stay, he needed to sleep and so did I but I couldn’t say no to those eyes.
“Alright then.” I relent.
“But at least let me change.” I say.
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