Chapter 74

"That time I was just too startled, out of my senses. It was practically an accident."

"I understand. When someone's starved enough, they lose their senses and have accidents."

"I don't know who's starved around here. I only meant for our lips to touch — who was it that lunged at me like some wild thing?"

Embarrassed and flustered all at once, Adele blamed him for no good reason.

"I am starved, that part's true. I've been busy enough lately to be fasting against my will."

Gasp!

"Could you not say things like that so casually?"

"It's true. It wouldn't be strange if I lost my senses and ran wild at any moment."

The eyes watching Adele burned hot, as if warning her that he might lunge at her and lose all control right then.

Adele edged herself across the bed little by little, putting some distance between them.

"No.…