Share His Burdens

Hazel's breath caught in her throat when she heard that, and her heartbeat quickened. She opened and closed her mouth, not knowing what to say. She felt like disappearing at that moment as heat rose all the way from her neck to her face.

Arzaan chuckled lightly when he saw her like that. Her reaction to the revelation was so adorable that he couldn't help himself, and he pinched her nose.

"You understand now, right?" he asked in a somewhat serious tone while she bobbed her head multiple times. "I have never stopped him from coming to you because I don't want him out. Or around you. It's a risk I can't take. Not yet, for you are still much too young for that."

He lay beside and moved closer to him. She placed her head on his chest, listening to the rhythmical sound of his heartbeat.