The Cold Surgeon's Contract Bride novel Chapter 549

The person he likes?

My heart gave a violent lurch. I snapped my head up, colliding instantly with Caspian's smiling eyes.

Those striking, predatory eyes curved beautifully at the corners when he smiled, like tiny hooks designed to drag someone down into their mesmerizing depths. His gaze was bright and piercing, like stars scattered across a midnight sky—clear, pure, and utterly unflinching.

He was completely unapologetic about his admiration and affection for me.

My face flooded with heat, my pulse hammering in an erratic, frantic rhythm. I didn't know what to do with my hands. "Dr. Cross..."

He had already confessed his feelings to me once over text, but he had immediately followed it up by saying it was too casual and that he wanted to do it properly.

Was he seriously going to confess tonight?

I didn't want our relationship crossing that line.

"I was just giving you a tiny glimpse into my heart. I haven't even officially confessed yet, and you're already blushing?" Caspian seemed to read my frantic panic perfectly. He let out a sudden, bright laugh, teasing me effortlessly as he reached across the table to gently pinch my cheek. "How are you this cute?"

Cute. There it was again. He was calling me cute.

But as I sat across from him, watching his hand retreat, looking at that impossibly gentle, indulgent smile, my mind suddenly spun into a dizzying blur.

In that fleeting moment, Caspian's face bled into someone else's. Sharp features, breathtakingly handsome, cold and untouchable as the winter moon.

The very first person who had ever called me cute was Ferris Sterling.