Chapter 124

Kelsey swiped a look at him.

“I… I wasn’t…”

She bit her lip. Her first thought was to deny it.

Then, she felt a warm touch around her waist.

Tyler had wrapped his arms around her waist from behind.

Then, he pulled her into his arms.

Like an iron cuff, his arms were firmly locked around her slender waist. She could feel her back pressed against the warmth of his broad chest.

At the same time, his masculine scent seemed to fill the air around her. She could breathe in his presence with every breath he took.

She was briefly startled by the gesture but did not resist.

On an instinctive level, she realized this was what she craved for.

She looked up and cast a confused look at him.

She could not understand what prompted the sudden hug.

“Tell me why!” Tyler insisted on an answer.

“It's nothing, really.” Kelsey shook her head subconsciously.

Another dark look surfaced in his eyes. “Is it because of Zara?”

Kelsey parted her lips to speak but suddenly hesitated.

She realized she