Messing With Her? Are You Crazy! novel Chapter 1463

Nicholas just stood there by the vanity, his lowered eyes swirling with a dark, heavy intensity.

Scorching hot.

Yet tightly restrained.

He radiated the helpless aura of a man utterly at Serena's mercy.

"Serena..."

His voice was incredibly strained and deep.

Serena raised an eyebrow. "What's wrong? Lost your nerve?"

The words carried a blatant, teasing challenge.

No man alive would ever admit to 'losing his nerve' at a moment like this.

Nicholas pressed his lips into a tight line, the emotion in his eyes turning alarmingly dark.

He slowly walked to the side of the bed, resting one knee on the mattress as he leaned over her.

The crisp, smokey scent of pine washed over her.

Serena didn't flinch.

She just watched lazily as he closed the distance.

Nicholas braced his arms on either side of her, looming over her.

The proximity was so tight their breaths tangled together once again.

His lips were so close that, in the very next second, they seemed destined to crash against hers.

His hot breath fanned across her face. "I dare."

Serena cast a sideways glance at him, a half-smile playing on her lips, as if waiting to see exactly how long it would take for him to actually kiss her.

But instead, the man's raspy voice broke the tension.

"But I know that if I actually stay the night, your three brothers will rip my title of 'provisional fiancé' to shreds the second the sun comes up."

He slightly lowered his gaze, his tone taking on an inexplicable hint of grievance. "I fought too hard for this title. I can't afford to be careless with it."

Serena was amused by how he was so visibly desperate for her, yet desperately trying to rein it in. "Weren't you the one who said you wanted to stay the night and sleep next to me?"

Nicholas was speechless.

He pressed his lips together. "Serena, you're doing this on purpose, aren't you?"

Serena raised an eyebrow. "Why would I? It was your request. I'm just trying to fulfill my provisional fiancé's dying wish."

Nicholas's fingers tightened convulsively against the mattress on either side of her.

It was indeed his request.

But...

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