Lahat ng Kabanata ng Claimed By My Husband’s Best Friend : Kabanata 21 - Kabanata 26

MIRA’S POVWe stayed tangled in each other’s arm for what felt like an eternity, as I enjoyed the warmth of his body pressed against mine and the steady beat of his heart against my ear. His arms were wrapped around me so tightly that I could barely move, but I did not want to move. I did not want to leave this moment, this feeling, this safety that I had been craving for so long. I wanted to stay here forever.He pulled back just far enough to look at me, his amber eyes soft and full of something I had never seen before. Something that made my heart ache and my skin buzz at the same time.“You are so beautiful,” he whispered, his voice sounding low and rough. “Do you know that? Do you know how incredible you are?”I felt my cheeks grow warm. “Ronan…”“I mean it,” he said hoarsely as his thumb brushed against my cheek. “You are the most incredible woman. I have ever met. You deserve the world, Mira. You deserve to be happy. You deserve to be loved.”My eyes filled with tears, but I bl

MIRA’S POVI walked back to my chambers with my heart still racing and my mind still spinning from everything that had just happened. Every step I took felt heavy like my legs did not want to carry me away from Ronan’s room, away from his warmth, and away from the safety I had felt in his arms. I could still feel his lips on mine, still taste him on my tongue, still hear his voice in my ear when he whispered that he wanted me. The memory of the whole encounter sent a shiver down my spine, and I pressed my hand to my chest to try and calm my beating heart.When I finally reached my chambers and closed the door behind me, I leaned against it and inhaled shakily. The room was dark and quiet, and the silence wrapped around me like a heavy blanket. I closed my eyes and saw his face again. I saw his ambers eyes fixed on my face, felt his hands on my waist, and remembered how his voice sounded so low and rough when he told me I was beautiful. I wanted to go back to him. I wanted to feel his

RONAN’S POVI woke up the next morning with Mira’s face still fresh in my mind. The first thing I did was reach for my phone, hoping to see a message from her, but there was nothing. I had not replied to her message from last night, amd I still did not know what to say. I stared at the screen for a long moment, reading her words over and over again — ‘I am in my chambers now. You just made me feel better, thank you.’ — and I felt a warmth spread around my chest even though I had not answered her yet.I set the phone down and lay back on the bed, staring at the ceiling as the night before replayed in my head like a movie that I could not stop watching. I remembered the way she had looked at me when she walked into my chambers, the way she had buried her face in my chest and cried, the way she had whispered that she was tired of being strong. And then, I remembered the kiss, which started so soft at first, then it became hungry and desperate and full of everything we had been holding ba