The playful intimacy was gone, replaced by a guardedness that mirrored his melancholic self. Vanessa, sensing his sudden shift, felt a bang of disappointment. She nodded by his command as she left the palace.
Vanessa arrived at her family mansion, the damp chill of the lake clinging to her. After a short shower, as she wrapped herself with a bathroom. Her reflection staring back at her from the mirror. Her hand instinctively went to her lips, tracing the fainted outline where Henry's thumb had been.
The lingering sensation was a stark contrast to the icy chill that had settled in her heart. His hesitation, his sudden withdrawal—it was infuriating. The memory of his thumb in her mouth, the brief intimacy by the lake, was now tainted by his lingered doubts, his fear repeating the past.
His resistance and stubbornness drives her crazy, even if she doesn't have feelings for him She couldn't believe he hadn't moved on from the past, making him hard to get.
Her impatience getting high, but she knew if she wants her plan to success then she needs to be patient.
Now she noticed that Henry is slowly developing feelings from her. Which was great, she could feel the feeling of satisfaction in her.
She bites her lips again as she smirked. The way he touch her lips and slipping his thumb inside of her mouth, drives her crazy.
As her plan making Henry fall in love with her she'll make sure that he'll never escape her grip to maintain her position of being the duchess and as that happened, she'll make Lita's life a living hell and exposed the truth about Lita's true intentions. She'll do anything to have her goal comes true