"As long as you have that fear, you won't be able to move past your confines and get better. Will you be able to handle this much, Princess?" She recalled Ilya asking her, while caressing his thumb on her cheek, wanting to determine how she was taking it. With a hint of warmth in his gaze, that challenging look was also present in his eyes.
In the forest, Adele could not stop herself from cracking out a disbelieving smile. Why is this man so confusing? He seems to vacillate between acting hot as an inferno and cold as a blizzard with just the blink of an eye! She felt as though her senses would have a stroke if he continued flipping from hot to cold like this.
