After the CEO Divorced Me, He Wants Me Back (Aveline and Lucas) novel Chapter 1098

Gavin couldn’t resist her soft, pleading tone and surrendered with a resigned sigh.

"Knock, knock, knock!" The knocking grew more insistent, and Jolie, catching her breath, glanced at him.

"Untie me," she said softly, her voice still tinged with warmth, her eyes carrying a dazed allure. She looked utterly captivating.

Gavin swallowed hard, his Adam’s apple bobbing visibly. He really didn’t want to let her leave the bed, but reluctantly, he unbound her wrists.

Jolie stumbled slightly as she got up, quickly making her way to the bathroom. After washing her face and wrapping herself in a robe to look composed, she approached the door and opened it.

Standing outside, as she had feared, was Daisy.

"Jolie, what’s going on? Why did it take you so long to open the door?" Daisy frowned, her expression stern.

"I just fell asleep," Jolie replied, her voice calm. "Is something wrong, Mom?"

Daisy stepped forward. "Let me in. I have something to talk to you about."

No way!

Gavin was still inside, and if Daisy discovered him here, she’d likely demand they get married on the spot!

Jolie bit her lip and lowered her gaze. "Mom, it’s my birthday. Can we not have this conversation tonight? I really don’t want to hear it."

"You..." Daisy faltered, caught off guard by her response.

She gave Jolie a conflicted look, sighed, and said, "Fine. We’ll talk when we get back. But my stance remains the same—I do not approve of you and Ian."

With that, she turned and left.

Jolie watched her retreating figure, the fleeting joy from moments earlier thoroughly extinguished. Closing the door, she turned and froze at the sight before her.

Gavin stood by the window, his upper body bare, the defined lines of his muscles illuminated by the soft light, making his physique look both powerful and striking.

"Gavin, why don’t you go back to your own room to sleep?" she suggested, her voice tinged with awkwardness. Sharing a bed like this wasn’t something she was used to.

Eyes closed, Gavin’s deep voice rumbled, "If you don’t want to sleep, we can keep going."

"I’ll sleep! I’m sleeping right now," Jolie blurted out, closing her eyes instantly without a moment’s hesitation.

The room plunged into darkness. Jolie focused on steadying her breathing, trying to will herself into sleep.

But in the stillness, her senses seemed amplified. She could feel the firm strength of the arm wrapped around her, the broad expanse of his chest, and the steady, powerful rhythm of his heartbeat—a sound she’d found herself drawn to in the past, wanting to lean closer and listen more intently.

It was all a mess now. Everything was spiraling out of her control.

Turning onto her side, she shifted to face away from him. Yet in the next moment, Gavin tightened his embrace, pulling her even closer into his arms.

Jolie opened her eyes, staring out into the pitch-black night beyond the window. A faint trace of bewilderment flickered in her gaze as if she couldn’t quite understand how things had come to this.