Chapter 1460
She walked toward the vanity, drying her hair with a towel.
But after taking two steps, she stopped dead in her tracks.
Lounging lazily on her blush-pink princess bed was a man.
Ethereal, devastatingly handsome, and practically radiating a seductive allure.
Who else could it be but Nicholas?
He had already tossed his tailored black suit jacket haphazardly to the side.
His tie hung loosely around his neck, and several buttons on his crisp dress shirt were undone, exposing a stretch of luminous skin, his sharp collarbones, and the smooth, defined lines of his chest.
He exuded an aristocratic elegance mixed with an utterly maddening, effortless swagger.
The warm glow of the lamp caught his ethereal features, amplifying the tantalizing contrast between his naturally aloof aura and his current disheveled state.
He looked exactly like a predatory fox pretending to be tame.
Serena stared at him silently.
Expressionless, she peeled the towel from her hair and threw it directly at his face. “Didn’t you leave? Why are you back p>
Nicholas raised a hand, slowly pulling the towel off his face. His beautiful eyes glinted with amusement. “I missed you p>
Serena scoffed. “You left ten minutes ago p>
Nicholas sat up, his tone entirely unapologetic. “Ten minutes is a very long time p>
Serena walked over to the vanity and sat down, completely unfazed. “You’ve got some nerve. Aren’t you worried my brothers will catch you and follow through on that threat to jump you p>
“Terrified p>
Despite his words, Nicholas had already grabbed the towel and was striding over to stand behind her.
Without missing a beat, he draped the towel over her shoulders and began drying her hair.
His movements were incredibly gentle, his voice carrying a subtle trace of laughter. “That’s why I climbed through the window p>
Serena paused.
The Blackwood Crown Prince.
Sneaking through windows in the dead of night.
And sounding obnoxiously proud of it.
She looked up, meeting his gaze in the vanity mirror. “How exactly did you bypass my brothers and scale the wall p>
With her three brothers standing guard, the Lancaster estate was practically a heavily fortified bunker.
Yet he had somehow slipped right through.
Nicholas meticulously blotted the water from the ends of her hair. “Because my desperate need to see toe
you gave the the strength
overcome any obstacle p>
Serena stared flatly.
Her lips twitched.
She didn’t even want to dignify that with a response. She just watched the man in the mirror standing behind her.
He kept his eyes lowered, the lighting softening his sharp features. His long elegant fingers.combed through her damp hair with
feather-light precision.
It was a stark contrast to his usual ruthless, commanding presence in the outside world.
He really was a tantalizing little demon.
Serena lazily leaned back, allowing him to pamper her.
It wasn’t until every drop of moisture was absorbed that Nicholas finally lifted his
gaze, locking eyes with her through the mirror.
“The main reason is… I’m worried about you p>
Serena’s expression remained perfectly languid. “Worried about what p>
Nicholas studied her reflection. “You agreed entirely too fast, and far too obediently p>
Serena propped her chin on her hand, looking at him with an easy smirk. “You don’t like it when I’m obedient p>
Nicholas leaned in.
He braced one hand against the edge of the vanity, his other hand still tangled in her hair.
The crisp, smokey scent of pine that always lingered on him enveloped her from behind.
The distance between them vanished.
He was so close that his breath fanned against her ear.
It was scorching hot.
And his voice was dangerously hoarse. “I love it p>
The raspy timbre of his tone brushed against her skin, sending a shiver down her spine. But you were so well-behaved, it just made me think you were planning to trick me p>