Chapter 913 – Seduction is Mostly Data Analysis
Lux reached out slowly then.
Not grabbing.
Just touching her chin lightly.
Guiding her gaze back toward him.
"You know what I think?"
Ariel's pulse quickened immediately.
"What?"
Lux's expression softened slightly.
"I think you're already trying."
That hurt.
Not painfully.
Emotionally.
Because yes.
She was trying.
Even being here right now proved that.
The old Ariel would've run.
Would've hidden.
Would've convinced herself she wasn't wanted before anyone else had the chance.
But now?
She was still here.
Floating naked beside an incubus in a dawn-lit pool while talking honestly instead of disappearing quietly.
Lux's thumb brushed lightly against her jaw.
"You came back," he murmured softly.
Ariel swallowed.
"Yue pushed me."
"She gave you momentum." Lux smiled faintly. "You still chose to walk."
That stupidly reasonable answer made her want to kiss him.
Very badly.
