[Mature Content.] "Past, present, and future, I will always want you." _______ Adeline had a plan to obtain her freedom: Step one: kill the King. Step two: run away and live happily ever after. Did that happen? No. Adeline's plan was rudely interrupted by a mysterious, yet handsome stranger who stole her weapon at midnight. Elias Luxton was a heartless King notorious for his merciless antics. He was the monster that lurked in the shadows. Adeline Rose was a dethroned Princess with a dark past. After her parents' murder and an super stealing her throne, she flees to the Empire of Wraith and unexpectedly meets Elias. Elias claimed he knew her. But she didn't remember him. And Adeline wants nothing to do with him. The problem? Adeline was supposed to kill him, but he wants to marry her. Will she be able to escape the clutches of this shameless King? Or will she have to face the demons of her past, all alone? _______ [WARNING: THERE'S MATURE CONTENT IN THIS STORY] Excerpt: "Now, take it off." She blinked up at him, astonished by his words. "What?" she whispered, wondering if her ears had betrayed her. "My shirt," he mused, his burning gaze landing upon her. "But why?" she asked. "So the next time I wear it, I have flashbacks of ravishing you." _______ Editors: okatuvslife & Skale93 This book is found exclusively on webnovel.com. Please do not post it anywhere else.
Adeline couldn't even hear the water. Her heart was racing incredulously. Her heartbeat roared in her ears, drowning out the sound of the powerful water pressure. She held her breath whenever he brought the loofah to a sensitive spot.
It didn't help that Elias was standing behind her, holding her left hip and sensually cleaning her with the loofah. His breath tickled her ears, his arm slowly moving down her body. She gulped at the sight of his pale arm, ripped with muscles, and the veins that popped out of his forearm.
"You're teasing me," Adeline blurted out, wishing this torture would just end already.
Adeline heard his breathy chuckle, the loofah dipping to her intimate area. The water was warm, but her body was burning with his touch. Ever so slightly, his fingers would graze her moistened skin, teasingly stroking her.
"I am simply cleaning you," Elias whispered into her ear.