A Ruling Passion – Chapter 1412

As always, there was storm-like rapacity in Alejandro’s kiss. Melanie pushed him away in panic, yelling, “I... I’ll be going now! You, um, rest early too!”

Before she could rise, Alejandro gripped her by her waist. “I want you tonight.”

Melanie was hard-pressed to answer him. Part of her welcomed the invitation, yet a larger part of her was repelled by it. It was a strange repulsion that was somehow sowed since giving birth to Melissa. Indeed, carnal impulses occasionally took form in her mind, but she didn’t want to realize them. Whenever a chance to indulge in sex presented itself, she would feel repulsed and wished to flee instead.

If she had to pin the cause on something, Melanie would point her finger at childbirth. She had once searched the internet about her condition and found that some women experienced the same thing, but no one seemed to know why it happened.

Overwhelmed, Melanie held onto the desk behind her. “Please don’t...”