She couldn't even remember the last time her heart was in her mouth.

When was the last time there was a heartbeat that could still be felt in Lucien.

As if for a long, long time, all that could be felt was hate.

Hate to the point of no other emotion!

Ella looked vaguely at the man in front of her.

She couldn't actually tell if her current feelings for Eden were heartfelt or just touching ......

Whichever emotion it was, it wouldn't change much for her.

She admitted it.

She was really shaken up by what Winston had just told her.

Really wanting too, against all odds, really choosing to start with Eden with heart.

Even when walking up to Eden and seeing him covered in bruises, one wonders if one should believe again.

To trust Eden one more time.

Eden is different from Lucien.

Lucien wouldn't even risk his life for her.

Not even if the mounting mold role.

Eden, however, could have literally, almost died for her.

The End.

She still flinched.

The more you care, the more you will be afraid.

The more serious you are, the more vigilant you will be.

She was no longer that naive young girl, that woman who could do anything for love.

She had more going on than feelings.

So the only reward she can give Eden is time.

Time may change a lot.

Change her heart, change her emotions.

Time might allow her to one day be with him truly willingly.

No interest.

No grudges.

Only, deep love.

Ella a little bit, control your inner emotions.

Controlling his tears, he slowly withdrew them.

It's about becoming a woman who can, with her feelings, put and take what she wants.

No longer trapped by love.

She said, "It's late, you go to bed early. If there's any discomfort, you call me and I'll sleep in this bed next to you."

Ella felt that the words were enough.

Make each other promises that aren't really promises.

What comes after ...... is up to God.

Ella finished, turned around and prepared to leave.

"Ella," Eden called to her suddenly.

It's rare that she'll be called by her name.

Once her name is called, it should be something serious.

Ella looked back at him.

"Did you just say that you don't know how to repay me?!" Eden asked her.

Ella was visibly surprised.

Didn't she just say that?

Give her time to take her time to settle into the relationship.

She would at least stop deliberately rejecting, if not adamantly opposing, a relationship with him.

What more does he want?

"Kiss me." Eden snapped.

Ella's eyes went wide.

Shouldn't she have expected too much from this man.

Is it true that all men, all over the world, think with their lower bodies?

He was actually thinking about how to sleep with her when she was so intent on talking to him about her feelings?

She just stared at Eden.

"Believe me, Miss Ford, no man can resist, the woman he loves throwing herself at him." Eden said with a serious look on her face, "And I, for one, want to feel your warmth in a big way ...... Well."

At this moment, Eden's eyes went wide.

True.

He did want to kiss her.

Anytime, anywhere, anytime.

And this time of year, it's undeniably more wanted.

God knows.

How panicked he would be the moment he knew she was in danger.

The moment.

It wasn't that he wanted her warmth in a big way, but he wanted, badly, to feel her presence.

He would really be afraid that she would suddenly just disappear into his world.

It was as if, once upon a time, it had been experienced.

Unimaginable pain.

It always feels like something you never want to experience again in your life.

But the truth is.

Has he experienced it at all?

He was in a trance.

So just think.

Just want to, deeply feel her presence.

With her sweetest warmth, feeling that she was still alive and well beside him.

His throat moved slightly.

Being kissed by Ella is a bit, well, hard to resist.

Originally.

Nor did he think that he would be able to convince Ella for sure.

Originally ......

It also didn't occur to me that Ella would go this deep.

The moment.

Instead, he was a bit overwhelmed, letting Ella on his lips, parting with some urgency.

It's really urgent.

Ella didn't even know why she, on impulse, just kissed it for real.

And really, the kiss was ...... very involved.

She was actually kinda pissed.

With a hint of gambling, kiss him.

The thought is that it's not like it's a lot of meat anyway.

It's okay to be generous to your saviors.

Yet actually touching his lips was harder to control than she would have liked on her own.

Her little tongue is all ...... uncontrollable.

When one reacts, one is taken aback.

And really reacting to it, it's just going to leave.

Just had this move.

The back of his head was suddenly tightened with force.

"Well!" Ella looked at Eden closely.

At the moment, he was shackled and unable to leave.

The lips were still deep, embracing.

What Ella was thinking at the moment was not that they were still kissing.

Rather, Eden was so badly hurt that he actually moved his hand ......

"Mmm." The defiance in Ella's eyes gradually melted away from him.

It was the first time she knew that Eden could be this gentle when he kissed. In a change from his previous domineering ways, his lips were on her lips, gently growing shallower and deeper.

The kiss between the two lasted a long time.

It was Eden who took the initiative to end it.

Ella was even a little ...... unfulfilled at that moment.

She looked at Eden with misty eyes, at his sudden abortions.

"Miss Ford, you're going to really make me sin." Eden's low, husky voice warned.

Ella snapped back.

She had just actually, literally, lost herself in Eden's kiss.

She got up in a hurry.

Take a big breath.

Eden, a veteran of love affairs, is really good at kissing.

She grasped that if Eden hadn't been physically inconvenienced, she might have been really ...... seduced by him tonight.

The more I thought about it, the redder my face became.

The whole thing was going to be parched in general.

Eden's raspy voice was also heard in that moment saying, "If Miss Ford was lusting after me, I could try to get up ......"

"Shut up!" Ella yelled at him.

Don't want to hear it, not a word.

Eden actually laughed.

You have the nerve to laugh when your face is hurt like this.

Don't even look at how horrible you look when you smile.

"I'm going to bed!" Ella was furious and went straight to the companion bed next to her.

Eden watched Ella huff and puff, watched her cover herself right up inside the covers, watched her wrap herself into a caterpillar ......

"Aren't you afraid of covering yourself up?" Eden asked her.

"You hurry up and go to sleep." Ella said loudly, from inside the covers.

"I'll sleep if you show your head."

"Don't."

"Where have you been that I haven't seen before, what are you ashamed of?!" Eden laughs.

"Eden!" asked Ella, snapping out from inside the covers and blushing, "Did you peek at me?"

"No peeking." Eden laughs, "Squared away looking."

"......"

"Don't worry, it meets all my aesthetics."

Damn.

Eden the oaf!