Chapter 65

The look in his eyes was so intense, so beautiful. The intensity behind those words, the truth she could hear behind every single one of them was too much. She knew he meant it, every single one of his words. And she wanted to be strong, she wanted to resist. But at the same time, she didn’t know if she could.

Her heart raced faster than she had ever thought it could. “Why?” She whispered, her voice so small, so shaky that she wondered how he didn’t pull back right then. “Why do you want me, Simon?”

Instead of answering her right away, he gently pushed her back down onto the bed and leaned in. “Because,” he said, his lips ghosting over hers. “Because, Elena Matthews, only a fool wouldn’t want someone like you.” He captured her mouth with his, his tongue sweeping across the seam of her lips and she parted for him instantly, the heat that coursed through her veins so hot, she felt as if she had been set ablaze.

He pulled away all too soon, still looking into her eyes as she gasped for a