His Untamed Rose novel Chapter 53

It had been a long time since Cedric had held Lumina like this.

The scent of her, so close, seemed to settle the storm that had been brewing inside him for days.

“Hmm?” Lumina was caught off guard as he pulled her firmly into his embrace. She lightly patted his back, uncertain.

Cedric lingered in her hair, his touch lingering with a kind of intimacy that bordered on possessive. Then, without warning, his fingers tilted her face toward the woman sitting beside them.

Lumina blinked, clearly thrown off balance.

Cedric’s fingertips traced her delicate jaw, his breath warm against her skin, his words heavy with intent. “Take a good look at her.”

“I am,” Lumina replied, studying the other woman—and only then realizing how much this stranger resembled her. The resemblance was uncanny. Even the small, pale beauty mark just below the hollow of her collarbone—exposed by the deep neckline of her dress—mirrored her own, standing out on flawless skin, impossible to miss.

Lumina’s mind flashed back to those fevered nights, when Cedric’s damp hair brushed against her neck as he kissed and nipped at that very spot, always leaving a faint, telltale blush.

She forced a smile. “And what exactly are you getting at?”

Though perched on his lap, she deliberately kept a slight distance between their bodies. She was no longer the girl who clung to him like a koala, arms looped around his neck, craving every bit of closeness.

Cedric gave a wry smile, his cool fingers gliding over her cheek. “If I can find someone who looks just like you, I’ll let you go.”

Lumina’s smile faltered, but she managed to keep her tone light. “That’s a tall order. I don’t exactly have a face you see every day. Where am I supposed to find another me?”

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