Marrying a Charming CEO: From Friendship to Love

only dreams... and dreams we

oud. My thoughts were sluggish, drenched in tequila and heartache, and my limbs felt light, as

e, steady and sure, as if they had done it a thousand times before. I let myself sink into

en. I tried to focus on the face of the man carrying me, but his mask concealed everything except his mouth

it feel unreal. Like so

o move to remove his. Maybe that was the agreement: two strangers behind

t would settle in like morning fog. But in that moment, th

ting. As he stood to leave, I reached out,

my voice trembling. "Do

mth of his skin pulsi

id, his voice low and sm

ed again, this time pulling him down to me. "J

ng," he murmured, his voice brus

on't. I just... I don't w

the mask, I could feel the intensity of his gaz

sto

urried. It

e he wasn't just kissing me, but unravel

let it

nds moved like he knew exactly where to touch and how to hold. I wanted t

I

pain, the memories, the expectations. I gave him my first ti

sliced through my eyelid

ring my face with the back of my hand. My head thro

e...

rushing back in broken pieces. I blinked, adjust

impse of his back.

whispered, panic r

oked

ke

ting. I pulled it tighter around me and forc

re. No footst

s al

till wearin

wore into the

ee my face. Just my body. Just the p

o the room and sat on the bed, pulling

you do,

lf away like that... not to someone

to hold them back, but they came anyway-hot a

g into the bathroom, an

ter couldn't wash away the memory of his hands, his mouth, the way h

hen h

d I didn't even

. My reflection looked like a stranger hair wet and tangled, eyes red f

ma

wasn't

d. I picked it up gently, brushing my finger

supposed

e were o

me-somethi

nce. I flinched and dug under the bed until I found it. T

son I drank too much. The

mach t

nt to answe

oat, I held the

" Nathaniel's voice came

the same Ev

er last