Never Mistake a Queen for a Lapdog novel Chapter 1172

"Miss Gilmore, do you miss me that much? Listening to me breathe for a whole minute and you still refuse to hang up?"

Noreen's ears burned instantly, her heart hammering against her ribs.

She had clearly been waiting for him to speak first, but the way he spun it, she sounded like a lovesick teenager savoring a moment of intimacy.

The breathing on the other end grew a fraction heavier. The rustle of sheets echoed through the speaker as he shifted in bed.

"Cat got your tongue? You can keep listening if you want. I won't charge you."

He paused, his tone dropping into a slow, wicked drawl. "Or... do you want to hear something else?"

Noreen couldn't take it anymore and shot back in a low voice, "Who wants to hear something else!"

"Oh?" His smile deepened, his voice dripping with faux disappointment. "You don't want to? Well, if you don't want to, forget it."

Noreen didn't know what to say.

He made it sound like she'd be heartbroken to miss out.

Okay, fine.

She was a little disappointed.

But she would never admit that!

Instead, she snapped, "I'm going to sleep!"

"Alright," Seth replied softly. "I was worried if you kept listening, you wouldn't be able to sleep tonight anyway."

Noreen hung up instantly.

Who couldn't sleep?

She could fall asleep right this second if she wanted to!

...

Okay, she was experiencing insomnia.

Claire was right.

Just kissing really wasn't enough.

On the other side of town.

After Noreen ended the call, it took Seth a good ten minutes to get his body under control.

That was when Jordan's message came through.

He informed Seth.

"Have you considered the experimental therapy? It comes with a price, and the risks are high, but the success rate is promising. We're short a few clinical trials on our end."

Seth replied, "Not considering it."

"I'm perfectly fine."

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