Chapter 229: Get off

Aleister looked into her eyes, leaning closer to her till her waist was pressed back to the table. 

With one hand wrapped around her waist, he reached for the food plate with the other. 

''Too many questions,'' he clicked his tongue, seemingly annoyed. 

''If you find it hard to answer, then let go of me.''

''I did not know you before but I want to know you now. Just the way I want to know how a person can have such frail hands and body like they could break any moment,'' he casually said, bringing a small white pastry to her mouth. 

His words sounded honest and yet she did not know why she was filled with disappointment. 

Did she want him to tell her that he knew her before? So that she could explain the strange pull she felt towards him? 

''I am not eating.'' 

''Then,'' Aleister's gaze dropped to her lips as he leaned closer to her, ''Shall I eat you?"