Chapter 1408


    Chapter 1408


    Ste’s refusal of him was strong and unambiguous.


    Weston sat on the couch and covered his eyes with one hand. After a long silence, he finally pleaded in


    a raspy voice, “Just let me stay here for a little while, okay?”


    Ste walked up to him. Only then did he put his hand down as he looked at her.


    “I’ll just sit here for a while, and then I’ll go, okay?”


    Ste ignored him and just stood over him and looked down at him. After remaining silent for a while, she


    finally relented and told him, “You’re only allowed to sit here for a while, and then you’ll leave,


    understood?”


    Weston nodded.


    Ste turned around and walked away. She headed towards the balcony to put away her things and


    returned to her bedroom.


    Half an hourter, she came back out to check on him and saw Weston getting up to get himself a ss


    of water from the water dispenser, and in his hand was a white bottle of medicine. He poured half of the


    pills into the bottle and popped them into his mouth.


    Ste froze. A strange feeling suddenly stirred up inside her. She stood there in silence for a very long


    time until Weston finally heard a sound, turned around, and saw her there.


    “What did you swallow just now?” she asked, walking towards him.


    “Just some supplements,” he replied. He did not seem as if he wanted to hide anything from her when he


    closed the lid on the medicine bottle and was about to put it away.


    Ste strode forward and quickly snatched the bottle from him.


    “Let me see that.”


    She thought Weston was just trying to elicit her sympathy, but when she noticed the word vitamins on the


    label, she fell silent for a long time.


    “If it’s just vitamins, then why do you have to always bring them wherever you go?”


    “Just for convenience,” he answered casually. “So I can take it whenever I remember


    to.”


    Ste could easily tell he was lying, but he was acting so naturally that she paused


    for a long time without saying anything.


    In the end, she said nothing about it at all.


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    “If you want to spend the night here,” she said, “then you can sleep on the couch.”


    Even Ste had no idea why she said that herself. Perhaps she really was much more prone to give in


    whenever she saw signs of vulnerability.


    She turned around, no longer wanting to see what kind of expressions Weston was showing, and just left


    him there.


    “But if I see you here when I wake up tomorrow morning,” she warned him, “then you’ll never be allowed


    toe back here again, understood?”


    “Uh–huh,” Weston nodded.


    Later, Ste woke up in the middle of the night to get some water to drink. She almost jumped in fright


    when she saw a man in the living room but sighed in relief when she remembered that it was only


    Weston sleeping on the couch.


    Aided by the moonlight streaming in through the window, she entered the bedroom and saw the tall and


    muscr man curled up on the couch. Because the couch was clearly too small for someone his size,


    Ste instantly felt bad having made him sleep there.


    She stood beside him while holding the ss of water in one hand and just stared at him. She took a sip


    of water. An indescribable feeling was brewing in her heart.


    Ste walked into the guest bedroom, picked up a woolen nket, then carefullyid it on Weston’s


    body. She had been in such a rush earlier that she did not even realize that she had forgotten to provide


    him with anything to keep himself warm.


    Weston justy there in his regr clothes. He did not even take off his shirt.


    Just as Ste lifted her hands off his body and was about to get up, she felt his fingers wrapping around


    her wrist, and she was pulled into his arms.


    Startled, she fell helplessly into his embrace.


    Weston gripped her waist tightly. His dark eyes met with hers and stared at her steadily.


    “What are you doing?” he asked, his voice hoarse.


    “Nothing,” she replied, turning away from him immediately and looking a little annoyed. “I was just trying


    to give you a nket…”


    She shouldn’t have tried to help him just now! He caught her right in the act, and he


    must have misunderstood her and thought she was desiring him just now!


    Ste struggled to get away, but Weston held her very tightly, making herpletely


    unable to move.


    After a while, he leaned down, nuzzled against her ear, full of longing, and whispered, “Please don’t


    go…”


    Ste took a deep breath and got up to her feet.


    “I’m going to sleep now,” she said. “Let go of me!”