Chapter 149 Hundred And Forty Nine

• ARIELS POV.
• The moment the door shut behind us, silence pressed between us. I stood frozen in the center of the room, my chest rising and falling too fast. Ryan didn’t look at me right away. He started unbuttoning his shirt slowly, one button at a time, peeling the fabric off his body without a word.
• Piece by piece, he stripped down until his last layer of clothes dropped to the floor. He stood bare in front of me, strong, unflinching, his eyes locked on mine like he was waiting for me to break.