Chapter 42

• Aurora stared at the man as if he were a big, bad bully while she tried to recover from her coughing fit.
• "Heh..." Elijah laughed when he saw that little expression. His humour rippled in the depths of his eyes. He extinguished the cigarette butt and puffed out the smoke in his mouth before leaning forward again, tilting his head and covering her lips.
• Aurora unconsciously tried to escape, but a palm held her writhing waist and a deep voice enticed seductively at the sensitive edge of her ear, "I will not let you suffocate this time."