Forbidden Heat

“It wasn’t a joke. You asked for my truthful answer and that is my truthful answer. I believe that your best option is to marry me and the sooner the better,” Edward replied without batting an eye. He was so serious.

“Can you tell me why?” I asked.

“It’s late. You must be tired so you should sleep now. We can pick this up tomorrow,” Edward replied as he swiftly got off the sofa and headed for the door.

“Edward…” I called his name softly.

“My bedroom is at the end of the hall…in case you need something,” Edward said without turning back.

He was gone before I could think of something to say. What should I do now? Do I take his advice and just go to bed?

…

This is bad. I’ve been tossing and turning in bed for hours now. No matter what I do, I cannot fall asleep. My mind is so restless with all the new and shocking information that it had to take in. I’m overthinking everything and rerunning what happened and Edward’s words in my mind. This is driving me crazy. I’m sweating and everything about this bed and this room feels uncomfortable. Although, I’m sure it isn’t this room’s fault. The fault lies with my stress and my inability to control it.

not like I have to be up early tomorrow. In fact, my life is so empty right now. I don’t have anything to

it is probably easier to get a job than to figure out my messed-up love life right now. I’m unsure what sort of job I want but figuring that out must be easier than figuring out my emotions. Both Lucien and Reiner had

The true problem right now for me is that I’m not sure how I should feel

first love but whether you should continue to love him or not depends on the present. Same goes for my case. Should you fall

but not completely. I still love Lucien. My love for him has not disappeared but

probably asleep right now, so I guess I have no other choice but to tell him tomorrow. Tomorrow for sure, I will tell him the moment I see him. This

clear that I won’t be able to get a wink of sleep tonight, so I might as well take a stroll outside to clear my head. This idea entered my mind when I realized that there was some light coming in from the balcony through the window. I got off the bed and headed towards the balcony. I wonder how I didn’t realize this before, outside below the balcony, there was a beautifully lit decorative water fountain. Wow, for a place he rarely visits the gardens are well decorated and lighted at night as well. The water fountain was big and tall and lit

I automatically turned and walk towards the end of the hall which would lead me to Edward’s room. No, no…I should not go see him now. I don’t want to wake him

…

nightgown was thin, so I wrapped the robe around my body tighter in an effort to fight the wind. I found my way out of the mansion and into the garden where the water fountain was without any problem. Up close the fountain was much larger that I thought and much more beautiful. I sat on its edge as I slowly dipped my hand into the

the stars still shone so brightly. Trying to think and relax here was a great idea indeed. The water was slightly cold to my touch but the sound of splashing water

you out

a familiar voice call out to me. I had been so absorbed in my thoughts that I didn’t realize that someone had