Chapter: 1570

Moments later, he felt her weight settle onto his lap.

For a second, Cliff's mind went blank, an internal curse flashing through his thoughts.

Laney, unaware, adjusted herself, her light summer nightgown brushing against his calves as she shifted.

Her soft legs resting on his thighs made Cliff's fingers twitch involuntarily.

Thinking he was sound asleep, Laney leaned into his chest and studied his face. She let out a deep sigh a while later. “If I'd known, I wouldn't have confessed my feelings to you. You used to hold me like this and laugh when I clung to you. Now, I have to sneak just to sit on your lap. Why don't you like me? Is it because I'm like a sister to you? Or do you think I'm not pretty enough?”