Chapter 129

• Even though Noel was the one initiating the teasing, he found himself in a state of heightened discomfort. His desire to simply surrender to his primal urges was overwhelming, yet he was exerting every ounce of his willpower to hold himself back. It felt as if his arousal was on the verge of tearing through his pants, making its presence undeniably known.
• On this particular night, he had no intention of rushing anything. His desire was for Winona to relish every moment, to be consumed by the same desire he harbored for her, and to express it in a way that was uniquely theirs. When he posed that question to her, it required every bit of his self-control not to succumb to his urges right there and then.
• The question had spontaneously popped into his mind and slipped past his lips before he even had a chance to process it, and now there was no way to retract it.