Chapter 0344
I pushed him away. The smell of alcohol on his breath was overwhelming as if I had been drinking too.
Though this was his first time being so drunk, it was something I would have done when I was younger. Back then, I was constantly anxious. I would swing between high spirits and thoughts of giving up. I even snuck out of the school dormitory to experience the taste of alcohol just because of him.
His sudden confession of liking me caught me off guard. If it were me from before, I would have eagerly. responded. Was his affection not what I had always wanted?
In the past, just hearing Nicholas’s name would have made me rush to him without hesitation. But now, it felt like something was missing.
It seemed that when two people were together, whether they liked each other or not was not that important anymore.
I held his arm and helped him take off his coat and shoes. “I don’t like talking to people who’ve had too much to drink.”
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Alcohol was a strange thing. It could infinitely magnify a person’s emotions and turn temporary feelings into something that seemed real.
After sobering up, he would only have to say, “I’m sorry. I drank too much“. Maybe he would not even apologize at all.
I tried to help him to bed, but he grabbed my arm and cupped my face with both hands. The next second, his gaze fell on me. It was filled with an almost sickening intensity.
Although he had lowered his head, I still had to stand on tiptoes to match his height. He said, “Just kissing is fine.”
His kiss was like fireworks exploding in my mouth. His hands were not behaving either. We made out for a while until he pinned me down on the bedroom bed. We were barely dressed anymore.
At the crucial moment, I asked a question, “Nicholas, have you ever considered that your feelings for me might just be physical attraction?” 1
Nicholas’s eyes were already unfocused. Sweat dripped from his burning chest suspended above me. I saw all the struggle in his eyes.
Nicholas froze. He should have had a child once. “If you don’t want to have children, we won’t.”
I snuggled deeper into the blanket. From the corner of my eye, I saw from his body and breathing that he took a long time to calm down.
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