oice, husky and magnetic, drif
e? Do you have any
dn't help but tremble, fingers g
eeks only seemed to emb
onight was the Morris family's shindig,
the fear of someone bar
man seemed hell-bent on teasing he
ere etched, his eyes glinting with mischief a
ked?" He smirked, rev
s nearby that he abruptly pinched Chelsey's
elsey overwhelmed, coll
last-minute adjustments; Chelsey gaze
Morris, elegantly dressed, ex
was the legitimate heir of the Morris
helsey's waist. He tossed aside the handkerch
d ring on his left hand, cold and dis
at cars lately. Shall I get o
her clothes, her fingers clenching with resolve
tempts to rile her up had fallen flat, a
nning to cut ties w
ixed on fastening her blouse, her kn
ed, his gaze drifting away from her waist as h
elsey hastily retreated to the
aked open and shut, sh
om her cheeks and no traces of their liaiso
om, she found the gues
their esteemed guests filling three grand round tables wi
them either, preferring to keep her h
you, and you wouldn't pick up your phone," her mother, Ga
lled away, murmuring,
resence forbade any interruptions. Displea
a voice at the main table remark
"Yeah, it got wet
eling that Trevor's gaze ling
l patch of moisture on Trevor's sleeve, b
abbed her butt with the same hand, b
eeks were bu
of his chair. Conversing with ease with those around him, he exuded a
was a different
her mother's remarriage, Gabriella tying t
lsey was the odd one out; she
stop her constant c
ng all reckless. Don't you realize today's a fami
things only got worse after Cary passed away, makin
staff whispered about Gabriella and
int to strictly adhere to
to her mother's complaints. In her mind, there was only
e table, where Trevor sat, bringing her
ation, she had gotten a little
teetotaler. But fate had it that the Morris fami
xpectedly at the same bar that night. Emboldened by alcohol
grasp on his shoulder, a smirk play
compliant girl would act in such a disobedient m
ge, leaned in close, her words
, the smoke swirling around them. He looked at he
chin, boldly wrapping her arms around
garette without a word, hi
to be both an inferno capable of destroying
he became Tre
r whispered in her ear, "Remembe
ssions, Chelsey couldn't recall which of her
ing of regret. Entangling herself with
landestine, leaving Chelsey foreve
bear the th
n. Rumor had it that Kaden Morris, his grandfather
silently accepting her as nothing more than a
e unequal, she refused to play the pa
e courage to message Trevor, want
y, Trevor was
the hallway. She bent her head to walk by him in the empty corridor
ated by her by
served one after the other, distracting
f the seafood for tonight came in from overse
mfort. She grimaced involuntarily,