Ivor’s body went stiff and his eyes closed instinctively.
Bonnie stared at him. He was completely frozen with fear. Tucking her silver needles away, she threw her head back and laughed heartily.
He heard her crisp laughter in the air and opened his eyes slowly.
She was laughing her heart out before him. Every burst of laughter that escaped her captivated him.
His eyes were slowly filled with gloom.
Taking brisk steps toward her, he pulled her into his arms and pinched her nose, punishing her. “You’re becoming more mischievous, Bonnie. How dare you scare me with the needles?”
“And you completely bought it. Who would’ve known?” She was laughing so hard that she was having trouble breathing.
He had looked like he was about to go to war. It was simply hilarious.
Ivor grunted and smirked in response. “Go on. Laugh while you can. I’m going to make sure you’re laughing harder in a second.”
“What are you talking about?”
Suddenly, she had a bad feeling about what was going to happen next. Then, she started squirming, trying to break free of his clutches.
Before she could succeed, he started tickling her intensely.
Tickling had always been her weakness. Now, he was tickling her so much that she kept laughing hard. She couldn’t have stopped it if she wanted to.
“Stop…! Cut it out, now.”
He actually started tickling her more intensely until they ended up on the couch.
She didn’t realize it until he finally stopped tickling her, and she came to her senses. What was more, he was pinning her on it and staring at her with a certain eagerness in his eyes. She felt uneasy being stared at like this. Her face blushed slightly, accentuating her beauty.
“What do you think you’re doing? Hurry up and get off me. Don’t act like a pervert in broad daylight!”
“We’re engaged, Bonnie. I’m not acting like a pervert. I’m your future husband.” He pressed down on her as he spoke.
She pushed against his chest. “I seriously have no idea how you can keep twisting facts to your advantage. Get off me.”
“It has been a couple of days since I last saw you. I just want to be close to you a little. Don’t treat me so coldly.”
He stared at her with unblinking eyes. He looked so pitiful that she felt bad for rejecting him.
She pursed her lips. The way he was looking now softened her heart a little. She simply couldn’t bring herself to push him away.
‘I guess he’s right. It has been a couple of days since we saw each other. It’s only normal that he wanted to get close to me a little.’
She decided not to push him away. Instead, she spoke with reddened ears. “Well. This is as far as you get. You’re going to stay like this quietly and get up in a minute. You can’t do anything else.”
“That’s hardly enough for me.” Ivor pressed his forehead against hers. His voice was so deep and charming that it sounded downright seductive. “I was planning on kissing you. I won’t do anything more than that. How about it?”
Rejecting him would’ve been an impossible task. She had no choice but to close her eyes with a reddened face.
“Hurry up and get it over with.”
At the next moment, she could feel his masculine breath approaching her.
He was only an inch away from the lips he had been seeing in his dreams.
