Chapter 40

Ashira’s POV

I paled when his face looked playful, a bit sarcastic. I let my back leaned more to the bedrest, praying it would suck me away from his burning gaze.

My eyes drifted somewhere else, anything but those mesmerizing and sarcastic golden brown eyes which gravitate the pull I’m having right now.

“You don’t want to be with me, right? So just take the other room while you lock me in here.” the last words lingered my tongue, emphasizing it because he seems to forget.

No growl of irritation came from him, no reaction was heard, far from what I expected. It made me look at him again and I found his deadly serious expression, his lips formed a flat line as his eyes darkened. Looking at mine intently.

I can’t read his mind. One moment, he’s being sarcastic with me and the next, he looked mad. I didn’t say anything that is not true though.

My eyes went down on his lips when it moved. He licked his lower lip, making it wet and moist