Ed''s lips traced from Grace''s cheek to the side of her neck, and his intense


    actions also became gentle.


    Anyone who had experienced such a storm before simply couldn''t withstand this


    kind of slow tenderness now.


    "Ed..." Her back arched and dipped subtly with his movements, looking as


    graceful as a crescent moon.


    She tried to turn around, but he held her tightly by the waist, rendering her unable


    to move.


    Her head spun in an instant-they moved from the entrance to the sofa. His


    aggressiveness made her heart race.


    She felt something drape over her eyes, like a tie or a scarf. The smallmp by


    the couch suddenly lit up, casting a dim yellow light that enabled her to make out


    the outline of a muscr figure.


    She shifted her waist a little, trying to calm the emotions stirred by being led


    along.


    His hand moved to her thigh and lingered on that palm-sized spot. "You''re not


    wearing anything underneath. Is that intentional?"


    She regained her rationality for a brief moment, but she lost it again when he went


    in. She had told him to do as he wished, and he certainly didn''t hold back.


    She was kissed on the lips and suckled on hard-she felt like a fish on the brink


    of drying up, her gaze unfocused.


    He roughly ravaged her lips with his fingertips, a smirk curling at the corner of his


    mouth. "You''re really not here to break up with me?"


    Her whole body tingled from the sudden harshness of his movements, but she


    barely managed to stayposed. "No, I''ve never thought about breaking up with


    you."


    He lowered his head and kissed her, as if it were a reward. "So, what exactly do


    you like about me?"


    She wouldn''t have let him do whatever he wanted if she didn''t like him.


    Grace fell silent. Now that she thought it through, she actually didn''t know why


    she liked him.


    A woman''s heart was tooplex and too sensitive. Maybe the sight of him


    curling up alone in the darkness had struck her, evoking herpassion.


    Maybe she recalled the past in the pit. Since she had once saved his life, their


    fates had intertwined. How could she harm someone she had personally saved?


    There were too many reasons, and she didn''t want him to remain in the darkness.


    She wanted to hold his hand and lead him toward the light.


    She was never the obedient type, nor the so-called "demure woman".


    She gently flipped over and sat on his waist. He froze for a few seconds, gulped,


    took her hand, and ced it on his chest.


    His chest was heaving and burning hot, as if his heart was about to leap out.


    "Grace..." Just as he called out, she moved her waist on her own. This was the


    most fatal and most intoxicating temptation.


    The veins on his forehead instantly bulged as he forcefully pressed her head


    down and kissed her hard, wishing she would never utter another word.


    She had no idea how long she had been trapped in this pitch-ck space.


    He was tireless until she said, "We''ll never break up."


    Only then did he stop his actions. He pried her lips open with his fingers and


    pinched her still-moving tongue


    In her eyes, Ed was so


    straightforward that she felt


    embarrassed. She was actually quite


    reserved when it came to matters


    between men and women. Most of


    the time, she went along with him


    just to please him.


    But his words grew more and more suggestive.


    "I want to die on you."


    "Did you hear that sound?"


    "It''s really heated here."


    She couldn''t tolerate it anymore and gave him a hard pinch. "Ed!"


    Her cheeks flushed red; she really couldn''t respond to his words.


    Heughed and leaned against her neck, speaking in an oddly smug voice.


    "Remember these passionate moments so you''ll think of me whenever night falls."


    She was too tired and agreed in a daze before falling asleep.


    When Grace woke up, she was


    already at home. She felt as if her


    whole body was falling apart. After


    didn''t feel like doing anything at all.


    She grabbed her phone next to the pillow, checked it, and discovered two days


    had passed. She had spent two whole days with Ed there.


    She took a deep breath and hurried to her feet, but the movement pulled at her


    waist, and the soreness nearly made her fall back down.


    Yasmine and Selene had both called her the incident was blowing up, and


    everyone wanted to know what was going on.


    Grace replied to them with two emojis, then scrolled to her chat with Ed and sent


    a message, "My waist hurts."


    He replied right away, "I already massaged it for you. Does it still hurt? I''ll get the


    doctor to check on you."


    She had only sent the message to see if he was still upset. Now she had her


    answer. "There''s no need. I''m heading to the office soon."


    Every time sheforted him this


    way, it felt like it took half her


    lifespan. She truly wondered why he


    got upset so easily. During their time


    together, she had always been the


    one who soothed him.