I immediately pushed Adriana’s body away, gently but firmly, right as her lips were about to touch mine.
“Get out, Adriana. No means no,” I said firmly.
Adriana let out another scornful chuckle at my flat refusal.
But the very next second, a flash of deep disappointment and suspicion flared in her eyes.
“You won’t even let me touch your own lips now, Javi? Why?” Adriana pressed, her voice suddenly turning sharp.
“Did you already kiss Camila last night?!” she accused outright.
My hand at my side clenched instantly into a fist.
I hadn’t expected Adriana to hurl such an insane accusation.
Honestly, over the past few months, I had deliberately let her sit on my lap, letting her kiss my face and my lips as she pleased.
I did all of that only because I wanted to prove to myself and to the world that what she was accusing me of was wrong, that I harboured absolutely no forbidden feelings for Camila.
“Watch what you say, Adriana! There’s no way I’d ever do something that insane with my own sister!” I snapped in a low voice, trying to hide the tremor of panic in my chest.
“Sister? She’s only your adoptive sister, in case you’ve forgotten, Javier! There isn’t a single drop of shared blood between the two of you!” Adriana shot back fiercely.
“Who knows, maybe because you were dead drunk last night, you sneaked in and kissed her?
Or worse, maybe the two of you already slept together?!”
”Enough, Adriana!
Don’t cross the line!” I snapped even harder, my jaw clenching tighter still at hearing her speak like that.
“I did not do anything that low.
I’ve told you over and over that I have no feelings for Camila beyond an older brother’s affection for his sister. Enjoying the story? Read on at g.com.
And besides, we’ll be getting married soon ourselves, won’t we?!”
”Exactly because we’re getting married, that’s why we should sleep together right now!
Or do I have to strip completely naked in front of you just to make you fall for my body, just to make you want me?!”
I froze, standing utterly still, only able to stare at Adriana as she recklessly began unbuttoning her blouse, one button at a time, right in front of me.
Just as she was about to let her half-bare body fall into my arms, I swiftly seized both her wrists.
“Adriana, come to your senses! What you’re doing right now is disgraceful. Get out of my room!” I ordered coldly, glaring at her with furious eyes.
The woman stared at me in disbelief.
“You’re really rejecting me, Javier?”
”I’ll fulfil that obligation once we’re legally married, Adriana.
Wait until that sacred bond is complete, and only then will we do it,” I answered with finality, trying to offer a safe, logical excuse.
Adriana smiled scornfully, wrenched her hands free from my grip, then roughly did her buttons back up.
“Fine, if that’s what you want,” she said curtly, before finally storming out of my room and slamming the door shut behind her.
The moment she was gone, I immediately rubbed my face roughly.
My head began throbbing painfully again, as though it might split apart.
Recalling what had just happened, my chest suddenly churned with a horrifying realisation.
Looking at the parts of Adriana’s body that had been so clearly exposed in front of me just now, I hadn’t felt even the slightest stirring of desire or excitement.
Nothing at all.
And yet… I remembered that night perfectly well.
When Camila had stepped out of her room in the middle of the night to get a drink, the curves of her body wrapped in a thin satin nightgown had instantly sent my blood surging violently.
That brief, fleeting glimpse had been enough to ignite a wild, raging desire so intense it forced me to spend hours soaking under ice-cold water just to douse the maddening urge tormenting my body.
Insane!
I had truly gone insane!
Why, out of all the women in this world, could my body only respond and stir with desire for Camila’s body?!
Why?
Should I just accept Adriana’s offer?
Yes… perhaps if I finally slept with Adriana, I would forget about Camila.
My imagination would no longer wander to Camila, and I could forget her, open my heart to Adriana instead.
But why did the deepest part of my heart seem to reject this insane idea of mine?
Ugh, I was truly getting a headache thinking about all of this!
If only this family didn’t have such rules, I would surely pursue a relationship with Camila.
In truth, I could simply take her far away, to live together just the two of us, but would Camila even want that with me?
What if I was the only one who harboured this desire for her?