The Goddess Who Sealed Him Is His Maid Now novel · Chapter 19 of 24
Chapter 19: Hold Me
They went to the east court that morning, the two of them, and the soldiers closed their spears across the door.
Cangjue's hand twitched toward the thread.
Luan put her palm flat on his chest.
"No," she said.
A window opened above them, and the Marshal leaned on the sill in his shirtsleeves, with a cup of tea.
"The Captain is my guest," he said pleasantly. "He is perfectly well, and he stays so until the gate."
"Let him go," said Cangjue.
The Marshal drank his tea and did not answer.
Luan looked up at him for a long moment.
She turned and walked away, and Cangjue followed her.
That night she locked the door of the Hall of Chains and drew all the curtains.
For once she did not take the thread in her hand.
She stood in the middle of the floor in her shift.
Cangjue stood in front of her in his black trousers, and neither of them said a word.
"Tomorrow night," he said finally.
"I know."
"Tell me what you want from me tonight. Anything. I'll do it."
"I don't want you to do anything," she said. "I want you to hold me."
His face changed.
"That's all?"
"That's everything."
She took his hand and drew him to the bed.
They sat on the edge of it, and she cupped his face and kissed him.
It was nothing like the other nights.
It was slow and soft and went on for a long time.
Her fingers were in his hair, and his hands moved up and down her back.
When she drew back, his eyes were bright.
"You're shaking," she said.
"I know."
"So am I."
She lay down on her side, with her back to the room, and pulled him in behind her.
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