CHAPTER 168

As soon as her words fell, he stood up directly and picked her up horizontally and placed her on the chair.

Madeline's heart, which had fallen, lifted up again, "What are you doing?"

Xavier propped one hand on the table and one on the back of the chair, circling around her, leaning down slightly to look at her flushed face, "Be good and sit, I'll open the door."

They were so close that it seemed as if she could kiss his lips again if she looked up.

The doorbell rang again.

He gave her a deep look, then stood up straight and turned away.

Watching his increasingly distant back, she instantly felt her breathing flow much more smoothly.

The strong sense of oppression that surrounded her disappeared.

She immediately let out a long breath before trying to take a deeper breath to stop herself from thinking about the images that were making her heart beat faster.