Villain Ch 1715. Tea Before Dinner?
Brain static. Skin hot. Every nerve lit up like someone threw a spark into dry kindling.
Then he pulled back.
She stared at him, eyes wide. Mouth parted. Breath gone.
Allen met her gaze calmly, his voice smooth and low. "That's for silencing you."
Her heart dropped to her stomach. "W-What?"
"Until we decide to make it public," he said with maddening calm. "You know the truth now. Don't ruin the surprise."
Then he turned.
Just… walked off.
Like he hadn't just detonated her frontal cortex.
Azura stood there, stunned.
Completely. Utterly. Stunned.
Her fingers drifted up, brushing her lips like they didn't belong to her anymore. Her entire face was burning. Her pulse was sprinting through her veins like it owed someone rent.
He kissed her.
He actually kissed her.
And then gave her a corporate-level nondisclosure request with his mouth.
"What the hell," she whispered.
Was that hot?
Was that illegal?
