Chapter: 1014

Each sob caused her body to shudder.

Caden tenderly stroked her ankle, now reddened from the tie, and asked with a frown, “Why won't you marry me?"

Alicia hid her face in the pillow, choosing to ignore him.

Turning her to face him, Caden intended to demand an answer, but the marks on her skin stopped him mid-sentence.

He conceded that he was in the wrong.