Chapter 581

Victor had stepped out precisely because he couldn't sleep. Yet here she was—the very girl who'd robbed him of his rest—delivering herself to his doorstep like a lamb to the slaughter. Didn't she realize how dangerous it was to wander around his house in the dead of night? "Ow—" Le Su winced as his grip tightened around her wrist, her voice laced with genuine hurt. Only then did Victor notice he was still clutching her. He released her arm, and just as Le Su thought she was free, his fingers caught her chin instead. In the next heartbeat, his lips crashed down on hers with a hunger that suggested once he'd crossed his own moral line, nothing could hold him back. "Mmph—" Her hands flew to his chest, shoving instinctively. This was wrong. This shouldn't be happening. But the man was immovable as a mountain. The mingled scents of alcohol and mint on his breath made her realize—he'd been drinking? That made this infinitely more dangerous. "Victor—" She finally gasped his full name, a warni