The Promise of Happiness (Natalie and Samuel)
Chapter 232

Chapter 232

Chapter 232

Natalie was surprised by his sharp observation. She hadn‘t thought he would ask right on point.

She lowered her head to contemplate for a moment before she answered, “I‘ll be going to Livingsfilltomorrow, so I might not be in Dellmoor for the next ten days. I‘ll send Clayton over, since no one will betaking care of him while I‘m gone.”

The Todd family was influential in Livingsfill.

She wasn‘t sure when or if she would make it back from her trip. Besides, she didn‘t want Samuel toknow about her worries, so she only told him she would be gone for ten days.

He stopped playing with her hands and stared fixedly at her. “Anything else?”

“Nothing.”

“I have something.”

“Huh?”

Natalie looked at him puzzledly.

He clenched her small hands tightly in his, then he gently pushed her back onto the couch, covering herbody with his. His eyes darkened, and his voice turned husky. “Don‘t flirt with other guys. Don‘t forgetabout me and don‘t endanger yourself...”

Taken aback by his concern, Natalie lifted her head with unsteady breath to look up at him.

For the one moment, she thought he could see right through her lies.

Her lips moved to say something, but no words came out in the end.

His eyes darkened as he gulped. He gently caressed her rosy, soft lips with his fingers.

She still won‘t tell me anything! She still doesn‘t trust me after all this time.

As that thought crossed his mind, an urge to punish her rose within him.

He pressed his lips into a thin line. His gaze turned cold as he stared at her, causing

Natalie to shudder. Just as she was about to slip out from under Samuel, he slammed his lips downagainst hers.

He bit her lips, then lightly sucked on them.

Samuel was using the primitive way to tire her out and conquer her. His lips rubbed harshly against hermouth that wouldn‘t open up for him.

Her heart was pounding fiercely.

She never thought a guy with such a cold personality could be so hot when his passion burned. Hecontinued to kiss her already swollen red lips despite their earlier makeout session.

The worst thing was that she realized she wasn‘t as resistant to his kisses as before. An unfamiliarfeeling rose within her.

She couldn‘t discern the reason for not pushing him away. Is it because I didn‘t want to or I couldn‘t?

Her mind was in a mess.

a mess.

Early next morning, the first thing Natalie felt when she woke up was the stinging pain on her lips.

Samuel was a man of his words. He had promised that he wouldn‘t touch her against her will, and hekept his word. However, it was a pity that her lips had to suffer for it.

As she moved to get up, a slender arm pulled her back against a warm chest.

“Samuel...”

“Don‘t move. Let me hug you for a little while longer.” Samuel‘s voice was husky as he warned, “You‘re amedical student, so you should know about men‘s biological response in the morning. If you move, Ican‘t promise you that I won‘t go back on my words and take you right here and now.”

Natalie‘s heart skipped a beat.

“Don‘t you need to go to work today?”

“I used to scorn the kings who don‘t hold councils in the morning after a late–night tryst with a beauty..”Samuel breathed in her herby scent and nipped her ear lightly. “But I can empathize with them now.You‘ve made me one of them.”