Chapter 22. Her Story

With a pale and colorless face, she entered her cabin, running her fingers through her hair. Her eyes were wide, as if she had seen a ghost. Her face had lost all color—pale? No, it had turned white. Her ears were ringing. Danger bells went off in her mind. She felt as if she was walking toward her death. Breathing was becoming difficult.

A one-night stand?

She couldn't believe her ears. Did she hear him right? Did he actually ask for that? Did he really?

She had never expected that proposition from him, not even in her wildest dreams. He was so right, so accurate when he warned her to think before she spoke.

She raised her hands and looked at them, trying to decipher the lines of her fate. What had life stored for her? She had never thought a moment like this would come in her life. She had never been in a relationship. A man had never touched her. She was inexperienced in this department. Yet still, he made such an offer to her. Such an offer that made the