Chapter 26

Parker was in the corner, watching Edith get closer and closer, and couldn't help but shout: “Edith! Snap out of it, this is a church! Are you crazy?” As he spoke, he looked for an opportunity to escape. But Edith had no intention of giving him that chance. She smiled, “Parker, so what if it's a church? I don't care!” “Parker, I love you too much, I can't help it.” The effects of the drug were gradually taking hold, and both of them were flushed with an unnatural redness, their breathing heavy. The church’s guest room was small and sparsely furnished, leaving Parker with almost nowhere to hide. “Don’t come any closer!” Parker felt a sense of helplessness he had never experienced before. He suddenly wondered if Cornelia had felt a hundred times worse when she was drugged. Being sent to another man’s bed by the one he loved—now he understood that feeling. Edith kept throwing herself at him, and Parker had nowhere left to hide. The heat inside him was unbearable, impossible to suppres