Hellbound With You novel Chapter 817

Alicia just stared at him as he said those words. She had never worried nor was she afraid of her own safety because she was already dead. Now she was only 'alive' and living on borrowed time – thanks to her draining on Ezekiel's powers. But this man… he had protected her to the point as though even a single scratch would kill her. The fight this morning was so intense and yet she had not suffered from even a small cut from all the broken glasses. That just went to show how well protected she was.

And now he was making such a promise that was effectively melting her heart into a puddle. In fact, many others had sworn those same words to her. Thus, she should have been used to it already, but with Ezekiel, it just somehow felt different. And the intensity was just off the charts!

She wanted to tell him that he should be worrying more about himself. He was incredibly weak right now compared to his usual self. If there was another fight that will break out, he might get hurt again from protecting her.

It was still hard for her to see him this weak. She was always used to seeing him as someone invincible and with an unlimited amount of powers. It was not just her, in fact, but everyone else too. No one has ever seen him this weak for hundreds of years until now.

Suddenly, Alicia's hands strayed down to his face and… she pinched his cheeks.

The action was so unwarranted and unexpected that his brows furrowed at what she was doing and Alicia pressed her lips together at the serious and questioning gaze he was throwing at her. She bit down on the insides of her cheeks, making sure that she would not laugh at the face that he was making at her.

She did not remove her hand and just kept pinching his cheeks lightly as she kneaded it a little as well.

"What are you doing?" he asked.

"Pinching you." came her reply, as though shocked that he would still ask the obvious. _{ƒreeωebnovel.ƈom}

"Obviously you are, Alicia. But why are you doing that?" he arched a brow at her.

Alicia tilted her head a little. "No particular reason…? I just wanted to?" then she shrugged lightly.

The line between his brows deepened and Alicia could no longer help but chuckle softly. This man was so fun to tease!

"Why do I feel like this is the first time you've gotten pinched like this?" She raised a brow, amusement gleaming in her eyes.

"Who would dare do such a thing to me but you?" he replied seriously, his question coming out as a light growl.

Ezekiel just shut his eyes and put her to sleep.

"Goodnight… Alicia…" he told her after hearing her stable breathing for a short while.

He kissed her neck before he pulled away and turn to lie on his back. "F*ck it all." he cursed as he clenched his fist hard.

He sat up after a long while, bent one of his knees as he shoved his free hand through his hair. It took him a few seconds to calm himself and once he did, he rested his head against his hand and stared again at her.

It was getting harder to hold back… maddeningly so. He felt like he was going to go mad very soon. And eight days was… he had always thought that time moved along fast. Yet these few days with Alicia somehow proved to be as though it was an eternity to him. And eight more days of the same bloody waiting and holding back… would he, no… could he even live through it? Eight days felt more like eight long torturous years to him right now.

Reaching out, he arranged her to lay on her back comfortably to see her face. He brushed the stray strands of hair off her face carefully, then he just fixed his eyes on her face. He had already done this so many times in the last few days that he had lost count of it. Because just staring at her face managed to give him an inexplicable sense of peace. The kind of peace that just sleeping could not even hope to give him.