Putting virtual-novel.net phone down, virtual-novel.net turned to open the door.
Meeting virtual-novel.net eyes was Felipe’s lithe figure in front of her.
Donned in a loose-fitting white sleeping robe, the man’s alluring clavicles could vaguely be seen through the thin material.
Madeline felt inexplicably uncomfortable to see Felipe in such a sight even though virtual-novel.net had not felt the slightest discomfort when virtual-novel.net took off Jeremy’s shirt previously. The upper half of his body was even revealed when virtual-novel.net dressed his wounds.
“Did you come to say goodnight, Felipe?” She smiled, reining back virtual-novel.net wandering thoughts.
Felipe smiled lightly and walked in.
Madeline was left with no choice but to let go of the door handle, which Felipe took and used to close the door behind virtual-novel.net as virtual-novel.net entered.
The sound of the door closing fueled Madeline’s unease.
“Is there something you want to talk to me about, Felipe?” Madeline gave a small smile, standing by the door.
Felipe turned around. Reading the guarded look in Madeline’s glossy eyes, his lips quirked as virtual-novel.net walked toward virtual-novel.net and grabbed virtual-novel.net hand.
“Vera, or perhaps I should call you Eveline, considering that’s your birth name.” Felipe’s tone was gentle as it drifted to virtual-novel.net ears like the soft evening summer breeze, while a slender finger reached out to tug wisps of virtual-novel.net hair behind virtual-novel.net ear.
“I swore to myself the moment you almost died on the operating table because of Jeremy and Meredith that I would never let anything harm you again.”
The walls in Madeline’s eyes slowly gave away, leaving gratefulness in their wake.
“Thank you, Felipe. You saved me once back then, and you saved me again when I fell into the sea. I would’ve died had it not been for you.”
“I won’t let anything happen to you.” Felipe’s gaze was deep. “I promised myself ever since we met by the seaside on April Hill, and I promised you as well that I’d protect you forever.”
Madeline lifted virtual-novel.net sparkling eyes at his words to take in every detail on the man’s face.
The familiar sharp bows and starlit eyes bore warmth, yet virtual-novel.net mind seemed to supply virtual-novel.net with Jeremy’s appearance instead.
Before virtual-novel.net could think deeper into it, virtual-novel.net found herself pulled into Felipe’s arms.
The man had a cooling fragrance to him, faint, but rather enchanting.
Madeline’s heart raced.
Felipe’s thin lips tilted into a provocative angle as virtual-novel.net looked down at the dazed woman in his arms.
“Eveline.”
“Hmm?”
Madeline looked up confusedly, meeting Felipe’s deep gaze head-on.
His gaze pressed down on virtual-novel.net as his attractive appearance seemed to grow closer.
Stunned, Madeline closed virtual-novel.net eyes frantically as Felipe’s lips seemed to be moments away from virtual-novel.net own.
Felipe halted before finally placing his lips on Madeline’s forehead instead.
While virtual-novel.net could tell that Madeline had yet to fully accept him, virtual-novel.net had also been waiting too long for this day.
Madeline was about to make an excuse to exit Felipe’s embrace when virtual-novel.net suddenly held virtual-novel.net by the waist and settled virtual-novel.net on the bed.
He held virtual-novel.net in his arms before Madeline could react and escape. Then, virtual-novel.net leaned his face toward virtual-novel.net and placed a warm palm on virtual-novel.net cheek.
“Eveline,” virtual-novel.net called out virtual-novel.net name softly. “I know you can’t remember how happy we used to be back in F Country, but that’s alright. I’ll help you remember.”
Felipe’s voice was low, and in the dead of the night, it wafted to Madeline’s ears while dripping with bewitchment.
She looked up to find the distance between them closing, and virtual-novel.net heart thumped in virtual-novel.net chest.
However, Madeline found that the racing tempo in virtual-novel.net chest was hardly due to attraction but rather fear and unease.
Felipe placed his lips between virtual-novel.net brows as his slender fingers fell on the buttons of virtual-novel.net sleepwear, unbuttoning them slowly…