Chapter 27

Delilah's POV:

After breakfast, Isabelle cleared the table and once again, I and Xee was alone in the room. Resting his chin lazily on his hand, he kept staring at me for a long time, without wavering his gaze for even a bit.

A deep blush crept over my cheeks and I finally muttered under my breath, "You look like someone who is totally smitten by me."

Shaking my head while chuckling softly, I got up from the table. Just as I turned around, he gripped my hand and pulled me backward. My bottom landed on his lap and his arm snaked around my belly.

Xee dipped his face in my hair and inhaled deeply, taking in all of my scent, and mumbled hazily, "I still cannot believe that you are here with me." Grazing his nose on my neck, he reached my ear and whispered hoarsely, "My heart clutched every time you were in front of me but I couldn't have you."

The tinge of sorrow in his voice replaced with desire as his hand tightened around my neck and he whispered demonically, "But now I can finally hav