After settling M down, Be and Justin returned to their room.


    Locking the door behind them, Be was about to voice her concern when Justin held her and sealed her lips. Be slowly closed her eyes and clung to him by wrapping her arms around his neck. She melted in his arms.


    He carefully picked her up as if she would disappear out of his sight.


    It was a deep, lingering kiss.


    The air was filled with heavy panting and moaning. His breath, his skin beneath his clothes, and his tongue engulfed all of Be''s senses.


    When the long kiss nearly drained the air out of Be''s lungs, Justin restrained himself from taking things further and released her.


    "I-It''s the time of the month. I can''t."


    Sensing the change in Justin''s body, Be blushed and twirled his necktie around her finger. "If you want, I can help you in another way." Justin shook his head in tears and kissed her forehead, nose tip, and the corner of her lips...


    "Justin, you..."


    "Does it still hurt here?"


    Justin''s shaky palm brushed against her t stomach, and the warm sensation gave her the tingles.


    Reading between the lines, Be felt a lump in her throat. Still, she said with a faint smile, "It doesn''t. The pain left me a long time ago."


    "I''m an idiot. I''m the worst." Despite


    his restraint, Justin could not stop the tears from rolling down his face.


    "I still don''t know the extent of the suffering you went through.


    Sove one


    to kneel before the Larsons


    shouldn''t have been Aunt M, but me."


    "What are you talking about? Why should you kneel to them?" Be whined and knocked his forehead with her finger. "I was still out of it from the surgery. I had no idea what happened. Had I known Aunt M went to beg the Larsons, I would rather forgo my uterus than let her do that."


    The past still crept up on Be. She came off harsh because she cared about M. "I know she did it for me, but if it came at the cost of her dignity, I would rather she didn''t." Distressed, Justin caressed her face.


    Back then, Be begged him not to go through with divorce, but he cast her aside anyway. He was trampling on her dignity too.


    All she wanted was to stay by his side.


    "It''s just strange. I can''t shake off this strange feeling."


    Be changed the subject and put her finger on her chin in


    contemtion. "Aunt M is acting strange, and so is Arnold. Ash is not himself either. I have a feeling that Aunt M and Ash are hiding something from us."


    Justin gave it some thought and replied, "Maybe something is going on with the Larson family, and they didn''t want us involved. Asher is close to Dr. Larson. He must be upset that Dr. Larson is gone." "They are close."


    Heck, Be believed they were never seen without each other.


    Arnold would lean close to Asher to talk and make himugh, like they were lovers.N?velDrama.Org holds text ? rights.