Chapter 211 Love is Both Taking and Restraint
Frederick's palm was burning hot as it pressed firmly against the small of her back, holding her against him.
When he spoke, she could even feel his lips brushing across her lower lip.
His eyes held a dark, unfathomable depth that she couldn't read.
Rebecca's eyes flickered slightly. "Frederick, have you ever climbed through a girl's window before?"
His palm loosened a little. Frederick leaned closer and kissed Rebecca's soft, sweet lips. "I planned to, but it didn't happen."
Rebecca's eyes lit up brighter and brighter.
Everyone in Empire City knew Frederick was aloof and cold-hearted, never getting close to women.
Some people had even secretly wondered if he might be into men.
Every time Rebecca saw Frederick at the Johnson family villa, watching his tall figure with those long legs walking away, she had go home and look at her treasured comics, and feel conflicted.
Should she picture him as the aggressive, dominant top?
Or as the delicate, easily pushed-over bottom?
But those thoughts would barely surface before being chased away by Frederick's cold expression and the icy aura surrounding him.
Rebecca never in a million years expected that Frederick, so aloof and uninterested in women, had actually planned to climb through a girl's window.
"Frederick, was that girl pretty?"
The moment the words left her mouth, she shook her head. "Wait, no! If she could make someone like you lose your mind enough to climb through a window, she must have been super pretty!"
Completely forgetting she was in his arms, Rebecca got totally absorbed in the gossip.
Clinging to him with both arms and legs, she poked his face and shook his shoulders, urging him on. "Frederick, come on, tell me! Why didn't it work out? Did her parents catch you? What happened next?"
She never dreamed that one day she would become the person in the story.
And the one gossiping about it would be her.
Frederick looked at Rebecca's excited, sparkling eyes and couldn't help but smile. "Becca, you're not bothered by this at all?"
"Why would I be bothered?"
Rebecca looked innocent. "You said it didn't happen, right? Besides, you're mine now, so what's there to be bothered about? Frederick, just tell me already—what were you thinking back then? Why did you give up? How did it end up not happening?"
While Frederick was a business genius, Rebecca believed that people like him usually thought super fast and acted decisively.
If he wanted to do something, it was definitely carefully planned.
To put it bluntly, if he wanted someone gone and wanted to do it quietly, that probably wouldn't be difficult for him.
Let alone something small like climbing through a window.
Her heart felt like it was being scratched by cat claws. Rebecca grabbed Frederick's arm and shook it wildly.
"Frederick, honey, please, just tell me..."
Before she could finish, Frederick flipped her over and pinned her beneath him.
His breath filled the space between their lips. Frederick's kiss was fiercer than ever before.
As if punishing her for being so nosy.
Rebecca was kissed until she could barely breathe. Only then did Frederick release her. "I didn't even dare confess my feelings to her during the day, yet I impulsively showed up at her place at night. What does that prove except that I'm a coward?"
"Could I have kissed her and held her like I'm doing now? What if I scared her?"
"Becca, love is about taking, but it's also about restraint. I've always known that!"
Frederick's eyes were serious.
Rebecca stared at him, stunned.
With his explanation, that failed attempt suddenly carried a hidden depth of feeling and self-control.
Rebecca forced herself to ignore the unclear emotions stirring in her heart and asked softly, "Frederick, what happened after that? Did you ever properly confess to her?"