Chapter 22
He delicate shoulders gleamed under the light, framing her beautiful collarbones. Every curve on her figure was just right–neither excessive nor lacking, creating a perfect harmony. Droplets of water trailed deember skin, blending innoorner with a captivating allour. Her beauty was both pure and enchanting.
She was as delicate as a blooming jasmine and as pure as a lily
Zachary’s parted dark
The silence stretched between them, heavy and muffocating
One second
Three seconds
Then, a sharp scream thatted the stillness, startling birds into flight outside the
Cynthia covered her eyes in a panic, mortified to her core. She wanted to disappear into the ground.
Zachary was rendered speechless. He sudden scream, in the dead of night, could easily lead others to think that be had don His voice, low and gravely for some reason, broke the silence. “How much longer do you plan to let me look! Or are you don Only then this realize that she had covered her face and eyes, not her body! She wasn’t helping houseli at all! Her embarrassment surped to heights. Stamping her foot, she yelled, “Of course not! Turnaround, now!”
Het flustered tone and panicked movements made it dear her reaction was genuine, not staged.
Zachary’s Adam’s apple bobbed as he tumed away. Facing the wall, he pressed this dry lips together
The moment his back was turned Cynthia crouched down to pick up the fallen towel.
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She tried to wrap it around herselt, but with one arm in a cast and the other holding his phone, she tumbled clumsily. On top of that, she was flustered, so she couldn’t wrap the towel proper hr around herself even after a long time. She even accidentally strained her injured hand
Hearing her struggles, Zachary Earned his head slightly. The sight of her crouched awkwardly, struggling to cover herself, made his brows furrow Without a word, he strode over and pulled
His palm brushed against her bare skin, which was as smooth a silk, its eyes darkened further
“What am I thinking” be reprimanded himself,
Hestlyered the towel around her, his nice tough but steady. ” you’re injured, don’t take baths.”
With that be turned and wear back to this room
Cynthia stood froben in place, as it struck by lighting Did he just help het put on her towel?
Steamed the door shut and dashed back into her room, dhing head first onto the bed. She buried her face into the pillow and pounded the mattress with both fists in frustration.
This was unbearable! Dropping her towel in front of Zachary and then letting him wrap it around her! It was mortifying! She wanted to vanish from the face of the earth!
Just then, she heard the sharp buzz of an incoming video.
Cynthia glanced at the screen. i was Yasmine calling again Worried it might be urgent, she took a deep breath to compose herself before answering
“Hi, honey,” the cold
Yasmine’s face lit up at the sight of her, but in quickly shed with concem. “Mommy, what’s wrong? Why is your face so red?”
Cynthia stammered, “N–Nothing’s wrong! It’s probably just the lighting. It’s not great at night, you know.
“But Mommy, your lunch look normal. Only your face is and,” Yasmine replied
This linde rascal!
-stop overthinkinga,” Cynthia lying the conversation away. “Tell
“‘Princess Dolly, “Yasmine
reced
have you been listening to Dolly while I’m away
Princess Dolly! It had only been a day. Cystertwings of jealousy. Yasmine hadn’t wanted to call her this when she asked
Bolly’s face appeared the screen. “Don’t worry, she’s be an angel. She ju miss you, so that’s why she’s calling
Thun’s good to lear. Thank i you for taking cared her,” Cynthia said.
*It’s in trouble at all,” Dolly replied, the weed her voice holy. “But tell me–did something happen between you and Mr. Beaver? It’s late at night, and there’s only the two of
- yo. is that
*Nothing happened Absolutely bothing” Cynthiadded, her face fishing all over again
Dolly chuckled “Dempingit twice! That only makes it more obvious. Even if nothing has happened yet, Edsay it’s post a matter of time, I’m rooting for you!*!
