Meanwhile, in the study, Augustine's passion was a surging tide, growing harder to restrain as his actions grew bolder.
He gently lifted Su Yaoyao's legs with both hands, making her involuntarily lock them around his waist.
Su Yaoyao immediately panicked, her eyes filled with alarm and helplessness. "N-No, I can't," she stammered, her voice trembling. "Your Majesty, I really have to go."
Her mind was in utter chaos, with only a single thought running through it: 'If I don't leave now, I'm really going to be "eaten alive" by this out-of-control situation.'
"Must you go?" Wild undercurrents seemed to swirl in Augustine's wine-red eyes, a torrent of fervent desire and reluctance.
He stared intently at Su Yaoyao, his gaze filled with deep affection and resolve, as if searching her eyes for a reason to make her stay.
Su Yaoyao felt extremely flustered under his gaze, but the thought of Noah waiting in her chambers made her give a slow, visibly uneasy nod.
