Hypnotizing Love novel Chapter 34

A knock on the door drew Jared's attention away from his memories. "I came over because I spotted light in your room," Makenna stated as she walked in. She had put on perfume and her dark blue robe was loosely wrapped over her body, showing her fair and smooth collarbone. She looked and smelled enticing.

She moved in close to Jared, saying, "I made you this. It's refreshing," as she placed the drink on the table.

"I'm done. I found this when I was looking for ink just now," Jared said, pointing to the drawers full of letters. "Look at all these letters we exchanged."

When Makenna saw those letters, her heart skipped a beat. "It's been almost six years and you're still keeping it," she said, trying to mask her uneasiness behind a grin.

"These are priceless memories," said Jared.

Because she was the first woman he fell in love with. Jared thought as he softly stroked those letters.

"I'm here with you now," Makenna hugged Jared, "You don't need those letters anymore. Why don't you toss them away?"

She went on because Jared had not responded, "Let us now live a decent life; we don't need to exchange letters anymore; let the past be history, or do you still want to exchange letters only? You don't want to be with me, do you?"

Looking at her sad expression, Jared felt his heart throbbed, and he agreed that those letters were no longer necessary now that Makenna was in his life.

"All right," Jared replied as he stroked her hair, "I'll have the maid take care of them tomorrow."

"Okay!" The scent on Jared's body drew her forward, and she impulsively put her lips on his Adam's apple.

Jared's body tightened as a result of her movement. When her lips landed on his chin, instead of pulling her into her arms, he softly pulled her away.

Makenna had already removed the top half of her robe, revealing her upper body. But this didn't compel Jared to take any more action; he didn't even bother to glance at her body and instead straightened up her robe for her.

"Jared, we already live together and have the freedom to do whatever we want; do you not want me?" Makenna was so humiliated by the clear rejection that she lost the guts to act further.

They could have intimacy whenever they wanted because they were already a couple living together, but Jared was more frustrated than turned on by her.

He softly replied, glancing at her misty eyes, "You've just recovered. You need more rest. We could wait."

"All right," Makenna said as she snuggled into his arms, worried.

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Everything has gone exceptionally well for Amber since they signed the contract with Yotuga.

"Ms. Reed, there is a packet for you from Mr. Cohen," her secretary said, interrupting her while she was engrossed in her work.

"What did he send me?" Amber murmured something incoherently as she ripped open the packet.

It was a folder containing information about Maxmatch that caught her attention; it appeared to be a detailed proposal created specifically to acquire Maxmatch.

Amber made a phone call as soon as she finished reading the proposal.

"Acquiring Maxmatch is a neat idea," Cole remarked, "But we don't have enough cash flow for you right now."

"Isn't twenty million going to be enough?" Amber inquired after reading the facts, which said that the purchase price was between eighteen and twenty-eight million dollars.

"Wait, where did you get that money?"