Chapter 40
“What’s wrong with her? All she ever does is slap people Why don’t you try something else for a change?” Cynthida coopdalbed.––
Cynthia hid in her room all day, avoiding Mason to keep him from ring her swollen Lace, It wasn’t until night fall that she soaked into the medical room to find some anti–inflammatory
dical toom was enormous, with shelves lined with countless supplies.
She spent a good to minetes nummaging before finally finding a tube of ointment, just as she opened it and prepared to appli
The tube slipped from her hand and hit the floor with a soft thud Startled, she neatly jumped out of her skin. “2–Zachary! When did you get back?”
manding figure suddenly entered her view
Zachary’s cold gaze swept over her before landing on her swollen face. Without answering het arstion, le frowned. “Didn’t your face already heal this afternoon?” Well, his beloved fiancée was to thank for making it wor
Cynthia Barced an awkward smile. “Th. Maybe it’s a pebound Anyway, I’ll just go back to my room and alue care of in.”
The best to pick up the fallen outment, eager to have been saw her alone with Zachary. If that happened her face might not survive another beating
But before the could escape. Zachary’s deep, commanding voice stopped her in her tracks. “Lie down on the bed.”
Cynthia tros. Le down on the bed! That sounded wribly misteading!
cmyself.” His tone was icy, leaving no room for argument.
Not dangtody him, Cynthia hesitantly walled over and lay down as instructed
Zadily repped further in the room selected a special ointment, put on a pair of gloves, and approached the bed.
Ishe been using the wrong medicinal
tentor e Cynthia could process this, he squeezed a bit of ointment onto his fingertips and gently applied it to her lace. The cooling sensation Inmediately soothed her burning siin, but the sting of the injury made her winge
“Hold still. This is a special formula developed by Adam. The swelling will be gone by morning,” Zachary said, his couch becoming gentle.
His voice carried a rich, mugetic warmth, a sharp contrast to his usually demeanor. Leaning in close as he applied the cream, the distance between them shrank, allowing her to see every dea of his sharp brows, deep–set eyes, and dia, sägly flushed lips
His crap, masculine sent sounded her, making her heart pound wildly as though it was trying to leap out of her chest, Her breaths grew uneven, and her lashes fluttered nervously. Zachary caught her wide, undeady eyes and her trembling Lipa, soft and pink like petals. An inexplicable urge surged within him. It was a desire to close the gap and claim those lips.
Cynthu, on the other hand, felt like she was drowning in his intense gate. Darn it wasn’t her face batting enough?
Shipping out of her daze, the quickly averted her eyes and pushed him away, sitting up abruptly. “Thank you, brother–in–law.”
Ar the mention of “socker–in–law“, Zachary’s expression darkened, and his voice turned sharp. “What did you just call me?
The weight of his words hung in the air, rrying an undeniable authority
Cynthia, trying to create some dance, repeated calmly, “Brother–in–law‘ that what you are?
Zachary’s eyes narrowed, locking onto her like a predator walking its pory. “Jace and aren’t mantled =
Not manned? That didn’t make sense. When jane showed up with Mason years ago, Cynthia assumed they would quickly the the knot. Now, Mason was three years old, and they still weren’t
Then again, what did a matter to her ether they do not she had to be shocked.
Pushing for Bongs aude, the quickly said, “Well, in’t it only a matter of time?”
Her indifferetre sparked something in him–assige olisitation and resistance.
Before she could, his long haut, raiding her waist and pulling her into his arms. Then, with no warning, be claimed her Ups in a fierce, possessive kiss
