Chapter 269

Grace's complaints turned into soft whimpers. Oliver's kisses left her so dazed that she didn’t even notice the pair of large hands sliding around her waist. Startled, she quickly pushed his hands away with her small hands. "Darling, you're such a rogue." Oliver, lost in the kiss, was tempted to press her against the desk. The couple's reconciliation came through a kiss that nearly got out of hand. Once they returned to the bedroom, he went to the bathroom to take a cold shower. Grace, still wrapped in the blanket, tried to shift the blame. "It's not my fault. You insisted on kissing me." In the bathroom, he closed his eyes. When he was single, he had seen through worldly desires and had no interest in matters between men and women. But now that he was married, he found it worse than being single. In the past, he had no desire for intimacy. But now, the desire was there every night, and he was denied each time. It seemed as though the heavens were testing his self-control. Afte