Chapter 304

• Is this real?
• He regarded me thoughtfully, then he said my name. “Leilani.” Something about the way he said my name was too intimate for my soul to handle. Something about having his eyes on me was enough to strip me bare of all my defenses. Something about being alone in an elevator with him, small and delicate in contrast with his broad, towering figure was enough to make me feel more vulnerable than ever.
• And my already volatile emotions exploded. I was moving before I realized it, and soon I was hugging him, pressing my face against his mile wide, deliciously hard and heated chest. I just wanted comfort. It felt like I was all alone being crushed under the weight of this situation… yet here was Adonis who held this secret with me and protected it closely. If the tears were pouring out of my eyes after seeing that terrible text, now in his warmth, the tears were exploding out and I just wanted to be comforted by him.