As a doctor, Axell prioritized health, normally avoiding smoking.
Yet now, he retrieved a cigarette from the console, lighting it. But halfway through, he stubbed it out, turning to Jessie. Do you still stay in touch with each other? he asked, his tone strained.
Jessies eyes stung with discomfort.
She had anticipated Alberts influence on their future, but she hadnt expected the awkwardness to arise so soon. Avoiding Axells gaze, she turned her face aside. No, she replied curtly. Didnt I refuse to tutor his child?
As soon as she finished speaking, Axell abruptly turned her face toward him, claiming her lips in a fierce kis.
His fervent mouth pressed against hers, his bite nearly drawing blood.
Jessie gasped for breath, her hand clutching Axells shoulder. She tightened her grip, first on his clothes and then on his shoulder.
Fragile, she seemed to yield effortlessly to him.
This was a side of Axell she hadnt seen before.
His voice, now husky with desire, emitted a sound belonging to youth.
Unbeknownst to them, a black Rolls-Royce had pulled up a few meters away. The windshield wipers swayed steadily as Albert sat inside, his fingers gripping the steering wheel tightly, his complexion pale.
Albert watched silently, his gaze fixed on them.
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Seeing that picture of them kising before didnt faze him. It was more of a courtesy kis and inconsequential in his eyes.
However, he couldnt brush it off this time. He thought they were a long way from being real lovers, but
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this scene in front of him was different.
This was a mans possessive kis, and Albert could see the intensity in Axells eyes, the forceful grip on Jessie.
As a man, Albert recognized Axells desire to claim Jessie as his own. Discovering the truth had ignited an urgency in Axell to make Jessie his.
Albert reached for a cigarette, his hands trembling as he lit it.
He needed the nicotine to dull the ache, to quell the impulse to intervene and beat Axell to death-something he couldnt really do.
Albert couldnt help but feel sorry for Jessie. He knew he couldnt meddle in her affairs, no matter how much he disliked Axell.
As he smoked, Albert abruptly stubbed out the cigarette with his bare hand, disregarding the sparks that singed his palm. His heart ached with a deep sense of sorrow. The thought of Jessie marrying Axell filled Albert with dread.
But there was nothing he could do except watch helplessly as Jessie surrendered herself to Axells embrace.
Wasnt this what Albert had done to her in the past?
He had forced Jessie to witness his marriage to another woman, to endure the consummation of that union, and to witness him slipping a wedding ring onto another womans finger. He had cast Jessie out of his life, telling her it was over. Now, he regretted it deeply.
Though he typically remained aloof and indifferent, Alberts eyes burned with emotion at this very moment. He couldnt bear to witness Jessie with another man any longer, so he pressed down on the accelerator.