Chapter38:

For the first time in his life, Nolan was stunned. That was a very bold step that she took. She just voluntarily placed herself into a pit of fire. "What do you think you're doing?" Nolan asked in a low voice.  She was playing with fire, and wouldn't want to get burnt. "You can use me instead.." Layla muttered with certainty. She strongly didn't feel like letting him go and be with another woman.  His lips curved up and he scoffed inwardly, his icy blue eyes staring wickedly at her. "You don't want to do this Layla.." he said, making way to push her away from himself. "That's up for me to decide…" Layla said in a shaky voice. As she marveled on how brave she had become overnight. Why was she even doing this, offering herself to the devil. "We're adults sir, let's just get on with this and forget it ever happened, it's just to help you…" she sounded trying to convince herself. He might get paralyzed before he even found a woman. "Just so you know, there's no backing out.." he growled ci