The Runaway Female Lead Doesn't Run Away (13 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 49

Seeing that Dahlia made no rebuttal and only let out a faint, muffled sound, Clayton naturally lay down on the bed.

Then, he glanced toward Dahlia, who was sitting at the edge of the bed.

At his implicit signal that it was time to sleep already, Dahlia let out a resigned sigh.

‘Let’s think positively.’

She had nowhere else to go besides this room, and sleeping alone on the sofa would look odd for a married couple.

Besides, intimacy between man and woman grew through physical closeness—when she thought about it, the situation was actually turning in her favor.

With that thought, her heart eased considerably, and she too entrusted herself to the bed—

though only barely perching herself on the very edge. Dahlia pulled the sheet up to her neck and closed her eyes. Yet it was futile.

Clayton, who had lain down on the opposite side, suddenly stepped closer from behind and wrapped his arms around her.

Before she could even react to the sudden contact, the warm breath tickling her nape made her body freeze up.

‘Surely he’s not suggesting we do *that* right now…?’

Just as cold sweat trickled down her spine, fearing the worst—that his lust might flare uncontrollably—the man seemed to sense her worry and whispered softly,

“If you don’t want to, I won’t do anything.”

Despite his words, intense heat radiated from his body.

And as if infected by that warmth, Dahlia’s own body began to grow hot.

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