Nola's POV:
My body was gently and slowly lowered onto the bed by Lucian.
He wasn't eager or rude in any way, gentle as a gentleman in his movements, but as I watched his heavy breathing, I felt his longing all the same.
The emotion grew in my heart again, and even though his heart held the desire, he still suppressed it and treated me with tenderness.
Nola, in fact, if you hadn't done this today, I would have found the opportunity to prove it for you.”
“But I didn't listen to you today…”
“No, it doesn't matter, because yiu did tge right thing this time.”
Lucian wrapped his strong hands around mebin his embrace, his voice ringing in my ears, the contact of our skin setting the furnace inside my body on fire, but I was also listening to his words as carefully as he was treating me te
