Chapter 248 - Sweet caramel
Inside the small, dimly lit bedroom, Shao leaned against the closed door, his chest rising and falling in fast, uneven breaths. His hand swiped across his face, wiping away the sweat and tears that clung to his skin. His heart wouldn’t stop pounding. Not from fear anymore—something worse. Something hungry.
For a moment... just for a moment, he had wanted to take Jai up on that offer.
He had wanted to devour him. To pull him close, tear off the last bit of distance between them, and let his instincts take over.
He glanced down, biting his lip in frustration. His member stood stiff, betraying his inner battle. "Shit," he whispered, turning his face away. He hated how his body reacted before his brain had a chance to catch up.
Sighing hard, he scanned the room. A worn desk. A rusted bedframe with no sheets. A cracked mirror.
He dropped to the floor and started doing pushups—quick and aggressive. Then planks. Then crunches. Anything to get his blood moving elsewhere. Anything to fight that primal surge building inside him.
By the time he finished, sweat poured down his neck, and his arms trembled from overexertion. He collapsed against the wall, panting, heart still wild but no longer for the same reason.
At least the physical reaction had passed.
But then... his stomach growled. Loud and angry.
He groaned and held it. Right, food. They barely had any. Whatever was left from the school had run out during the trip. And this house—clearly abandoned in a rush—was picked clean. Jai must be hungry too. He’d sat on that bathroom floor for gods knew how long. Hadn’t eaten, hadn’t slept.
Shao didn’t want to waste any more time hiding. He didn’t want to curl up alone and let the weight of guilt eat him alive again.