Chapter 67

He said he would only apply the medicine.

The medicine was finished.

Why was his hand still around her waist?

Why were his lips still lingering on her back?

"Have you considered what I mentioned last time?" Liam Sullivan whispered by her ear, his hot breath making her heart tremble.

Vivian Bennett played dumb. "What thing?"

"Be my woman for three months, or..." He paused, his voice low and husky. "Marry me directly."

Three months was just a transition.

He feared proposing directly would scare her away.

Vivian's heart skipped a beat.

"I don't want to..." she blurted out.

She refused to be his hidden plaything.

"But I want you." Dark desire swirled in Liam's eyes.

He considered himself a man of extreme self-control.

Before meeting her, he lived like an ascetic.

But once he tasted her, letting go became nearly impossible.

He had to have her.

He needed to make her completely his.

Vivian froze, her eyes wide with shock.

So this was it.

The shower was an excuse. The medicine was a pretext.

What he truly wanted was her body.

His burning kisses fell on her smooth back again.

"Let me go... I don't like you..." Vivian struggled desperately, her voice choked with tears.

Liam stopped abruptly.

His dark eyes narrowed, glinting with a cold light.

"You don't like me?" He gripped her chin. "Then who do you like?"

It seemed if she dared utter a name, he would snap that person's neck right there.

Vivian swallowed hard, frightened by his grim expression.

"I don't like anyone. Including you."

Her heart had died long ago.

So what if he was heaven's favorite, pursued by countless women?

She didn't want to climb that high.

Liam's brow furrowed, his thin lips pressed into a cold, hard line.

She had actually rejected him.

Rejected being his woman. Rejected his marriage proposal.

This was the first time he had ever made a commitment to a woman.

He originally wanted to take responsibility for that night.

But she showed no appreciation at all.

An unprecedented sense of defeat washed over him.

Terrifying anger ignited in Liam's eyes.

The air froze instantly.

An icy, oppressive atmosphere descended overwhelmingly.

Vivian found it hard to breathe.

"You..."