Chapter 425. Such a Generous Reward

She almost forgot to breathe. Her mind went completely blank, like it had short-circuited. Her entire body froze as if under a spell.

A warm kiss landed on her lips, and in that instant, it felt like an invisible current surged through every nerve in her body.

But Benjamin’s kiss wasn’t the usual cocky, domineering kind one might expect from him. It was unbelievably gentle—so gentle it didn’t feel real.

In all her twenty-something years, Wendy had never been treated this tenderly by a man. She forgot to respond, even forgot to breathe.

It felt like a dream—so unreal.

Only when she was on the verge of suffocating did she finally shove him away.

For reasons she didn’t understand, tears welled up uncontrollably. She wiped her mouth furiously.

Benjamin watched as she wiped her lips, and his mood instantly sank. Was she disgusted by him?

Her first kiss—gone just like that. Wendy suddenly felt incredibly sorry for herself. Holding back the s