Chapter FORTY.

MAEVE HAWTHORN.

I felt helpless but who wouldn’t be after hearing him say those words. Silence settled in the room again as I felt Enzo’s heart beating against my palm.

My palm pressed harder into his chest and I wanted to pull away from him but at the same time, I wanted to listen more to his heartbeat, to feel it vibrate in my hand.

Why does he have so much effect on me? Why is he getting these kinds of reactions out of me?

My gaze lifted and I saw the heart rending tenderness of his gaze as he looked down at me. Staring me over like I was some sort of prize and his hand pressed down on mine, holding it while I rested my hand on his chest.

Something in his manner soothed me, my body ached for his touch and he radiated even more vitality that drew me like a magnet. I wanted him to kiss me, to keep on touching me like his life actually depended on it.

I dreamed of being crushed within his embrace but I settled for feeling his heartbeat. Enzo had unlocked something that the men in my p