Chapter 157

As a child, she was my escape. After every tough day, I would go to her, and she would make it all go away.” He swallowed tightly. “And then, one day, she was no longer there.”

Danika didn’t stop touching him. He pulled closer to the crook of her arm so that her breasts became a breath away from his face.

“I’m sorry,” she breathed, not knowing what else to say.

He flicked his tongue out and licked her nipple twice. “It was difficult because I had to suddenly resume the responsibility of so many people because my parents died, and still I failed them all. We ended up in slavery and experienced hell for ten years. Ten horrible years that lives at the back of my head, tormenting me all the time.”

The way he paused in between every few words told Danika how difficult it was for him to talk about, and yet he was telling her about it so effortlessly.

He wrapped his mouth around her nipple and suckled in soft tugs. A shiver worked down her spine. He was fixate