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Unable to take it anymore, Iryz jsuddenly climbed on top of him, straddling him right over his firm abs as she pressed both her palms down on either side of his face.
Confusion, shock, and so many other emotions exploded within her at what he had just said.
"What… did you say?" she asked, holding his gaze so intently as she hovered over him, pinning him down with her body and her eyes. Though she was only a slip of a girl, Zeres just laid there and allowed her to continue being in the dominant position, looking up quietly at her.
Her heart was trashing wildly in her chest. But her mind was filled with a multitude of doubts, even telling herself that she must have misheard him. There was no way he would have said that, right? He could not have indirectly called her his 'home'. Right…?!
He stared back at her. Their gazes held each other's and before they knew it, the air between them seemed to have thicken and become quite intense. Iryz even imagined that she could hear the crackle in the air between them – that was how charged the situation between them was right now.
"I want to stay here, Iryz. This time, I promise to stay… and I won't leave again." Though his voice was still soft and low, there was a steely quality that she detected underlying his tone. As though he was making a vow as he said those words.
She felt like her entire being was shutting down. Apparently, all those words from Zeres were just too stimulating. They were just too much for her to take in. So much, that she was having a hard time believing it.
So the very next thing she did was to press both her palms to both sides of his cheeks and then brought her one hand over his forehead as if to check if he was perhaps having a fever. "You… you… are you drunk or high on something? Did someone put you under some weird spell?"
He calmly caught her wrists, pulling her hand away from his forehead as he lightly shook his head. His beautiful eyes were intense as he moved her hands back down to cup his cheeks. "I'm not drunk. Nor am I under anyone's spell, Iryz."
"Then what… what happened? Did something happen to you, that you're suddenly saying –"
"You don't remember anything from last night?" Zeres interrupted her and asked.
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