Chapter 277

Zavian pressed a finger to her lips, silencing her. “Hush,” he murmured, wrapping an arm around her waist and pulling her against him while his other hand cupped her chin to tilt her face upward.

“We didn’t greet each other properly.” His eyes landed on her lips just moments before his mouth claimed them for a deep and unrelenting kiss.

Emmeline’s hands found their way to his chest as her lips moved in sync with his.

“You’re the only woman who makes me feel this weak,” Zavian murmured when he eventually withdrew. “You make me rebel against everything I thought I controlled.”

Emmeline’s breath hitched and her heart pounded in her chest.

She didn’t know how to respond, so she simply let herself lean into him, savoring the fleeting moment of intimacy.

“It’s not as if you don’t know the trouble you cause me so effortlessly,” he sighed. “Now tell me, what diabolical scheme is going through your head to bring me such a seductive view tonight?”

Emm