Leaving While Pregnant：He Goes Crazy！
Chapter 419 Untouchable, Unreachable

The couch was spacious enough to accommodate Eva's frame, though it appeared much smaller. Adrian remained seated, watching her lie down behind him, quickly taking up more than half the space. His lips tight, he finally couldn't control himself and asked, "Aren't those for me?"

Eva lay there, locking eyes with him. "Yes."

If they were for him, why was she lying there too? And if they weren't for him, why did she say yes?

Adrian was confused.

While he wrestled with his doubts, Eva suddenly said, "I'm here to keep you company."

Adrian paused, and after a moment, his gaze changed subtly. If his eyes were clear before, now they turned dark and intense, fixed on her like a hunter zeroing in on his prey.

Even knowing that moving would cause his wounds to hurt, Adrian still leaned in closer to her and whispered, "Keep me company? Are you sure?"

Eva instinctively recoiled from the closeness of his warm breath, her heartbeat quickening.

Realizing how close his lips were to hers, Eva quickly raised the blanket as a barrier, shielding her mouth in the process.

To prevent Adrian from making an unexpected move.

Indeed, her actions caught Adrian's notice, and he watched her with a smile curving his eyes. "You're here to keep me company; there's nothing to be afraid of, right?"

His words prompted Eva to retort discontentedly, "I'm here because I'm worried you might have a fever or something. It's not for anything else. If you dare to entertain any wild ideas, I'll leave right this second." Having said that, Eva even made a move to get up with the blanket, as if proving her point.

"Don't go." Adrian said, stopping her with his hand, perhaps too abruptly, as it pained his injury, causing him to groan deeply. The pain made him freeze in place.

Hearing his groan, Eva's expression changed. Just as she was about to speak, she saw him giving her a pale, pained smile.

"What are you angry about? Look at me, any movement causes pain. What could I possibly do to you? Even if I wanted to do something, my body wouldn't allow it."

Eva looked at him. Although he spoke lightly, his eyes held a depth similar to that of a wolf, hinting at an intensity that belied his physical weakness. In another second, it seemed he might pounce and devour her whole. With that thought, Eva said, "Then stop looking at me like that."

Caught off guard by her comment, Adrian paused before replying, "How am I looking at you?"

"Just the way you are now." Eva murmured softly.

Although he hadn't done anything, the way he was looking at her was more unsettling than anything else.

At least during their intimate moments, they wouldn't make eye contact, but now his gaze was steadfastly fixed on her, and it was more than she could take.

Adrian chuckled, a low sound. "Eva, isn't that a bit too tyrannical? To sit beside the woman I adore, and not only can I not touch or hold you, now I'm not allowed to look?"

After speaking, his gaze intensified.

Eva had enough.

She had to kneel and rise to her feet, reaching out to push Adrian's head to the side, directing his gaze away from her.

"Can't you just look somewhere else?"

His head, nudged to the side, amusing him, and in less than a second, he turned back to face her. Eva's hand had not yet retracted when his lips brushed softly against the center of her palm.

The soft sensation in her palm made Eva instinctively want to pull away, but Adrian caught her hand in the next instant.

The moment their skin made contact, Eva could feel the warmth of his palm burning like fire.

He bowed his head and reverently kissed the center of her hand.

Eva felt a tickling sensation in her heart as she tried to withdraw her hand, but Adrian's grip was strong, and she had no way to free herself. She could only watch as his lips slowly moved upward, kissing each one of her fingertips. Eva struggled slightly, but to no avail. Despite his injuries, Adrian's strength was more than she could match.

Moreover, Eva was afraid that struggling too violently might hurt his wounds, so she remained in subdued.

Only when he had kissed each of her fingers and was moving on to her neck, with an inclination to continue downwards, did Eva suddenly snap back to reality.

"No... no!" Eva abruptly pressed down on his roaming hands. "You're still injured."

Adrian's Adam's apple bobbed, and he looked at her with deep eyes, his voice hoarse. "It's fine, it's just a minor injury."

Just a minor injury?

Eva could hardly believe it. He had been sweating cold sweat from the pain while the doctor had been treating the wound earlier, and veins had bulged on his forehead. If the wound was a bit deeper, it could have been fatal, and yet now he claimed it was just a minor injury?

"No!" Eva firmly refused, pressing her hand against his chest to stop him from drawing any closer.

At that moment for Adrian, although the wound indeed still hurt, another emotion had gained the upper hand. Now, all he cared about was whether this emotion could continue.

As for the pain of the wound, he had already thrown it to the back of his mind.

"Eva." Adrian whispered her name by her ear, causing him to lean in incredibly close, his voice and tone incredibly intimate. "Just a bit longer, okay? I promise, I won't do anything to you." Not do anything to her?

If Eva truly believed his words, she'd be a fool.

He'd claimed he was injured and wouldn't do anything before, but what happened then? He caught her and kissed her for ages, wandering hands and all.

Based on what she knew of him, if things progressed, he would likely lose all self-control.

And here they were, outside the bedroom where the children were.

The kids might be sound asleep for now, but what if they woke up and came out? If they were seen, the impact would be far too negative.

With this thought, Eva's internal refusal strengthened.

"No!" Seeing Adrian's reluctant gaze, Eva said, "Ruby and Dylan might wake up at any moment. Do you want them to see us?"

Hearing the names of the two little ones, Adrian seemed to sober up a bit. He looked at Eva's fair complexion and her lips, slightly swollen, held back for a moment, but then couldn't help suggesting, "Then... how about we go somewhere else?"

"That's not okay either, I'm not comfortable leaving them alone to sleep here."

If this wasn't okay and that wasn't okay, what else could Adrian say? Ruby and Dylan were his children after all. If they woke up in the middle of the night and saw something untoward, it indeed wouldn't be suitable. With this thought in his mind, Adrian's rationality gradually returned, and certain emotions slowly subsided.