Trapped in his embrace, Zoe wasn’t sure what to do. He had done so much to her body that she felt conflicted. There was something hidden in her body. She wasn’t exactly sure what it was, but it scared her a lot. It was something she couldn’t admit because it’d be too embarrassing to.She was a healthy lady and she had her needs too. What was worse, the man before her was so stunning and dangerous, in a manner of speaking. She did want to brush him off, but she’d be lying if she denied that she really wanted to do unspeakable things with him at that moment.All it took was a second to free the lady from her inhibitions. He understood this tactic very well. So, he began to grope at her sensually once more. She involuntarily let out a yelp and cried out, “No! I don’t want to do it! Please let me go, Mr. Mason…”The next thing he knew, she was cupping her face and crying. She didn’t even try to cover herself. Instead, she just sat underneath the dim light. There was even a small puddl

Zoe said stubbornly, “That’s none of my concern!”Yanni feigned surprise, “Really? I’ve seen you stealing glances at my dad several times! I dislike people who wouldn’t own up to their feelings, Alice!”Before she could retort, Mason knocked on the coffee table a couple of times and said, “Keep working on your French with Zoe.” With that, he left the study. The door closed, but Zoe could still hear him relaying orders to his servants. He wanted Layla to bring Ramona to the guest room and make her her favorite coffee. He also asked another servant to change the flowers in there to roses because Ramona was allergic to lilies.He was so considerate that it pained Zoe to hear him. He must’ve had real feelings for Ramona, unlike the way he had treated her. Perhaps someone like her was nothing but a plaything, as far as he was concerned. She was feeling sorry for herself when Yanni leaned into her ear and whispered, “Feeling bad, huh? If you won’t climb onto my dad’s bed, plenty of

Zoe was a little worried about that. However, Mason wiped the key card, pointed to a bedroom in the suite, and said, “You’ll be sleeping here.”Zoe swept her eyes across the suite. Her bedroom and his master bedroom were at least sixty-five feet apart. She felt better with this kind of distance between them. She put her suitcase in her room before she went to the master bedroom with him. Leaning on the couch, he paged through the collaboration proposal while she unpacked his suitcase. In fact, she had packed his suitcase before they headed to the airport. Hanging up his shirts, long pants, and accessories, she discovered that it felt like second nature, as if she had done this more than a thousand times. She was stunned by the thought and slowly drifted off into a trance.Noticing that she was quiet, he raised his eyes and asked lightly, “What’s the matter?”Lowering her head, she tried to cover it and said, “It was nothing!”He asked, “Are you thinking about your husband?”

“Are you going to remain celibate for a man who doesn’t even exist?”She didn’t have anything to say to him. She wallowed in self-loathing and a craving for more of his affections. It turned out it was extremely easy to succumb to temptation.Then, she pressed her face against his neck and found out that he was having a high fever. …Ever since Mason sacrificed himself for Yanni during the surgery, his body had never been the same. On top of that, he didn’t take good care of himself after he stood in the rain last time. Now, he was having a high fever. Zoe called a doctor over to the suite to give him an injection. Fortunately, that brought down his body temperature significantly in the middle of the night. He was well below a hundred degrees Fahrenheit now.She let out a sigh of relief. Dressed in his pajamas, he leaned on the headboard. He wanted to get up and bathe, but Zoe stopped him. “The doctor said you can only take a bath after your fever goes down! Lie down. I’m

Zoe still had her pride. If he wasn’t going to take the final leap, then she wasn’t about to beg for him to give it to her. It was the dead of night and she was cuddling in his embrace, listening to his heartbeat quietly. “What’s on your mind, Mason?”Holding her tight, he said affectionately, “You’re a little different tonight.”She lied and said, “It’s probably because I’m reluctant to leave Hucksburgh. It’s a beautiful city.”Chuckling, he said, “If you love it, we can stay longer the next time we come here. What do you say if we bring Yanni and Jamie along?”Instead of responding to him, she snuggled up to his neck. She had decided. She’d leave him. He might not be thrilled with it, but he was such a proud man that she was sure he wouldn’t get hung up over a lady. She knew that she wasn’t that important to him. Even if she was gone, Ramona would be there to soothe him and make him happy!However, that didn’t mean she didn’t have any trouble leaving him behind. She ha