Chapitre 247: _ To be in love

Cargan

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"Because I love, your eminence! I love you. I have always loved you. Every time I undress you, every time I touch you is torture. I fight the urge to throw myself in your arms. I battle the longing for you. Your Eminence, I want you." Celio's voice was in a whisper now.

The revelation was too profound. How had he not seen it? How could he have overlooked all of it? He had thought that Celio merely held him in high regard for saving him – for nurturing him.

But love?

Celio was in love with him?

This news had proven to shake Cargan beyond measure. His fingers began to tremble so he clenched them. He tried to ground himself in reason.

He recalled every single thing he had attributed to camaraderie. How hadn't he seen it coming?