Second Marriage The Billionaire's Planned Love (Quinn and Julian) novel Chapter 135

Chapter 135 Carried Away

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Julian didn’t hesitate, and he didn’t bother pretending to keep his distance. He bent down, lifted Quinn into his arms in one smooth motion, and headed straight for the door.

The room had been noisy just seconds earlier, full of laughter and teasing, but the moment people realized what he had done, the entire private lounge went quiet.

Julian walked steadily, Quinn in his arms, his stride calm and unhurried as he carried her out of the room.

Once he disappeared down the hallway, everyone’s attention slowly drifted to Clara.

Clara smiled faintly, lifted her champagne flute with perfect composure, and looked around the room.

“So,” she said lightly, “where were we? Let’s keep going.”

A girl nearby spoke up quickly, trying to comfort her. “Clara, don’t take it to heart. Julian probably just… you know… helping her out because she drank too much. That’s all it is.”

Helping her out?

Everyone in the room knew Julian had always kept women at arm’s length.

A man like him carrying a woman in his arms like that. Was that just being helpful?

Of course not.

But Clara smiled as if the thought amused her.

“Why would I waste energy worrying about some random girl?” she said casually. “Julian can do whatever he wants. It’s not like I have any say in it.”

“That’s right,” another girl chimed in. “Who even is she? Not worth Clara’s attention.”

“Exactly. Probably some nobody who got drunk on purpose to flirt with him.”

“Look at Clara though,” someone else said admiringly. “Graceful, confident, totally composed. That’s the kind of woman who belongs in the Sterling family.”

Those whispers stayed behind in the lounge. Julian never heard any of them.

He carried Quinn to his own private suite down the hall and walked straight into the bedroom.

He rarely used this place. He had stopped by a couple of times for business meetings, but he had never actually slept there.

The entire time he carried her, Quinn stayed unusually quiet.

Julian deliberately kept his thoughts under control, refusing to picture anything that might make his pulse spike.

But the moment he set her down on the bed, he leaned forward slightly, and his eyes fell on her face.

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And then he couldn’t look away.

Quinn’s cheeks were flushed a soft pink, with a faint hint of red that made her look both delicate and unexpectedly playful. Her eyelashes trembled slightly as she blinked, the small movement brushing straight across Julian’s nerves.

Julian had never fallen for Quinn because of her face. It was simply because she was Quinn.

Because it was her, everything about her looked beautiful to him.

When he noticed his heartbeat starting to speed up, Julian forced himself to look away and straightened

Just then, Quinn suddenly moved. She sat up abruptly and clamped a hand over her mouth.

Is she about to throw up?

Julian immediately reached out to steady her.

She stumbled off the bed, clearly disoriented, looking like she had no idea where she was going. The next second she walked straight into his chest.

“Mmm…”

Her forehead bumped into solid muscle.

She winced slightly, rubbing her head before slowly lifting her gaze.

A dangerously handsome face came into view.

Quinn blinked. Then she reached out and touched him.

Her fingers traced the straight bridge of his nose, the elegant curve of his lips, and the sharp line of his jaw.

Julian had been worried she might get sick. Instead, she started feeling his face like she was examining a sculpture.

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Her hand drifted lower and landed on his throat, Her fingers brushed against his Adam’s apple.

Julian tried to keep himself under control, but his throat tightened as he swallowed hard.

His Adam’s apple moved beneath her fingertips.

Quinn made a small sound of surprise, like someone discovering something fascinating.

“Oh?”

She kept touching it, clearly entertained. She was very drunk.

The sharp instincts she normally had around men were completely gone. She had no idea the atmosphere in the room had shifted, or that the heat radiating from the man in front of her was filling the entire space.

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Julian finally gave up trying to stay perfectly still.

One arm slid around her slim waist.

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Her waist was unbelievably slender, so fragile it felt like he could wrap his hand around it completely.

That softness stirred something deep inside him, a dangerous impulse he usually kept locked away.

Quinn had no idea.

After she finished playing with his throat, her hand drifted lower.

Julian’s cashmere zip sweater made things far too easy for her. The zipper slid down smoothly with a single pull, exposing warm skin underneath.

Her eyes were unfocused, her voice soft and scattered as she muttered to herself.

Julian knew she wasn’t thinking clearly. She probably had no control over what she was doing.

Under normal circumstances, he should have stopped her.

He should have held her still and made her settle down. But this moment stirred a feeling that was both shameful and irresistible. The sober Quinn always kept a careful distance from him.

The drunk Quinn, however, was touching him freely, running her hands over him without hesitation.

This might be the only moment he would ever get to be this close to her. He didn’t have the heart to push her away.

Julian lowered his head slightly and caught the faint scent of her hair..

Only then did he realize what she had been murmuring all along. “Abs.”

She kept repeating the word.

“Want to see them?” Julian asked softly, one arm still around her waist.

“Abs…”

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Quinn tugged at his sweater. When it didn’t open right away, she frowned, looking oddly upset.

“Why won’t it open?”

Julian looked down at her, then calmly pulled his sweater open himself.

Well-defined abdominal muscles appeared immediately under the light.

Quinn leaned against him, half her body resting against his chest. She tilted her head down to look.

Her hands moved again, pressing right against his abs. Julian clenched his jaw, fighting the urge to pull her closer and kiss her.

But the woman he loved was in his arms.

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She was leaning against him, touching his abs, rubbing lightly against his chest.

Julian closed his eyes for a moment and took a slow breath.

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