Chapter 75

Ethan gripped her waist with one hand and leaned in close. His voice dropped to a murmur, "I'm curious too." Celeste's face flushed a deep red. "I thought you... you weren't..." "Think I can't? Want a demonstration?" Ethan's patience cracked completely, and he finally let the frustrated pride of a man slip through. "M-Maybe let's not?" Celeste looked like she was about to cry. She didn't dare push him too far-not after that bathroom incident that still haunted her like a horror movie. The last thing she needed was to trigger something worse. "Wait... You, um, ah-" Her panicked eyes locked with his, and for a second, she was completely at a loss-no idea how to defuse the situation now that the moment was already spiraling. "Don't move," came a low warning from just above her head. His hand was still firm on her shoulder. A flicker of frustration passed across his brow-he hadn't meant for things to go this way, but his body had clearly made its own decisions. Somehow, this woman's presen