Chapter 257
Half an hour later, he took off his coat and walked into the pitch dark bedroom.
Lying down behind her, Mason embraced her wordlessly. Pressing his face to her neck, he couldn’t help but gulp!
After a long time, he pulled her out of the blanket and into his arms.
He was burning to the touch!
Zoe remained quiet and she didn’t push him away. Then, she heard his husky voice, “I don’t love her! The only thing I liked about her was the way she looked at me. It reminded me of you when you used to love me. You’d do anything for me back then!
“No one has ever broken my heart and disarmed my pride the way you did, but I still can’t let go of you! In fact, I’ve thought about giving up on you. I tried to convince myself that you’re just another lady. There was no need for me to be that obsessed with you!”
Holding her tighter, he rubbed her back tenderly. Then, their foreheads pressed against each other. With his eyes closed, he murmured, “I’m miserable, Zoe! I love and hate you at the same time and I didn’t even know when it began…”
He loved her more than life, but he hated that another man was taking a spot in her heart.
After that, he closed his lips on hers and kissed her passionately. It had been a long time since they had sex. He was both intense and eager, but Zoe was mindful of the baby in her belly. So, she pushed him back by the shoulder, “We can’t do it, Mason…”
His eyes grew darker, “Why not? Who will you do it with, then?”
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The thought of that man put a grim look on his face. Then, he pushed her down on the soft bed. Instead of forcing himself on her, he fingered her and made her moan out of sheer pleasure. She was gratified, but she wanted more.
He was drunk. So, he was using ways he had never used before to give her endless waves of pleasure.
She was gripping the bedsheet when he leaned in her ear and said in his husky voice, “Am I doing it better than he did?”
In her current state, she couldn’t respond to him.
Closing his lips on hers, he kissed her passionately again. Instead of fighting him, she wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him back. They had fought and parted bitterly many times, but at least they were both into it tonight!
The night was dark. She was lying beneath him when she murmured, I’m pregnant, Mason!”
He shook his head lightly in response. He didn’t hear what she said exactly. Even if he did, he wouldn’t be able to process it or remember it in his current state.
In the later years after Zoe left him, Mason abstained from liquor. He found himself constantly wondering if things would have ended differently if he had heard what she said that night!
All he could remember was the electric moments when they had sex and that she was very into it that night.
Mason wasn’t in bed when Zoe woke up in the morning.
She heard some sounds from downstairs and guessed that he was having breakfast. Putting on some clothes, she freshened up and
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went downstairs. She wanted to tell him that she was pregnant because he used to tell her that he wanted a child.
He was drinking coffee when she got down. Hearing some noises, he raised his head. Then, they spoke simultaneously.
“I need a word with you, Mason.”
“I need to go overseas for about half a month.”
His tone was nonchalant. It was obvious that liquor was the only thing holding his tenderness together last night.
Hed.
He didn’t remember what he confessed to her. He didn’t remember saying that he was miserable and that she broke his heart.
Now that he was sober, all he told her was that he wanted to visit Lilith overseas.
Walking over and sitting down slowly, she raised her head, looked at him, and said softly, “Can you stay, Mason? I’m…” There were subtle tears in her eyes.
Before she could finish, he cut her off, his voice was cold as usual,” There’s a chance she might survive. I can’t stand by and leave her to fate.”
Perhaps it was because of the sweet love they made last night, he ran his hands across her face gently and relaxed his tone, “They’re waiting for me to discuss her condition!”
It hurt her just to breathe. “Mason. I’m…”
That was when her phone rang…
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