Chapter 274 Birthday Surprise 

Chapter 274 Birthday Surprise 

“Ah!” Quinn snapped the lid shut and stuffed the box into a drawer. 

“What’s in there? Why so secretive?” Julius lifted a brow. 

“Your birthday present. I want it to be a surprise, so no pecking until the day, or you’ll ruin it.” 

He blinked. “You bought me a gift?” 

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“Of course. We’re celebrating together. It’s nothing luxurious, but don’t you dare dislike it. I’m going to wash up.” She laughed and headed for the bathroom. 

Before she reached the door, his arms circled her from behind and pulled her into his chest. 

“How could I ever dislike anything from you?” Julius whispered, lips brushing her ear. “Whatever it is, it’s precious to me.” 

A pleasant tingle ran through her as his lips touched her ear. “Don’t speak so close. That tickles.” 

“Does it tickle when I do this?” He caught her earlobe gently between his lips. 

Quinn shuddered; her ears had always been sensitive. “Don’t-” 

“Quinnie, I want you.” He breathed, raw need curling in every word. 

He drew her earlobe into his mouth with exquisite tenderness, then trailed a constellation of kisses down the length of her neck. 

“Stop it. I haven’t even washed up yet,” Quinn said. 

“If you truly want me to stop, you could push me away. So you want this too, don’t you?” Julius murmured. 

Quinn’s cheeks flushed deeper. “I do, but let me shower first.” 

“Then we will shower together,” Julius replied. He lifted her into his arms and carried her toward the bathroom. 

Together? 

Quinn froze in astonishment. By the time she collected herself, he had already set her carefully inside the tiled room, slipping out of his clothes while kissing her again. 

Their clothes fell to the floor piece by piece, and the kisses that had begun softly soon grew urgent, almost desperate. 

Each breath she drew tasted of him. 

His mouth traced the outline of her lips, then wandered to her throat and clavicle before coming to rest above her racing heart. 

“Quinnie, everything I am is yours,” Julius whispered. 

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The devotion in his kiss felt almost sacred, as though she were the only deity he recognized, the single article of his faith. For her, he would sacrifice all, asking only that she love him more. If god loved the whole world, then he wished his goddess would love only him. 

The night stretched on. They did it once in the steamy bathroom and three more times amid tangled sheets. Had Quinn not finally begged for sleep, Julius would have carried on, a man possessed, his appetite as bottomless as a mythical beast. 

A few days later, the court convened for the trial of Penelope and Jacinda, and Quinn, as the victim, was required to appear. 

Outside the courthouse doors, Quinn spotted Trent. 

A bandage wrapped his arm, and at the sight of Quinn beside Julius, his expression darkened. 

“Quinn, must you really condemn my mother and sister?” Trent blurted. 

“They never spared me, so why should I spare them?” Quinn answered coolly. 

“But my mother is elderly. Prison will ruin her. And if Jacinda is locked up, her whole future is ruined,” Trent pleaded. 

“Tell it to the judge, not to me,” Quinn said, unmoved. 

“Is it because you hate me?” Trent asked. 

“Hate?” Quinn’s voice sharpened. “Trent, you have never been worth my hatred.” 

She intertwined her fingers with Julius‘ and walked past Trent without another glance. 

Trent reached out to stop her, but the moment he met Julius‘ eyes, his hand froze in midair. 

“Trent Grafton, do you want me to break your other arm as well?” Julius asked, his voice edged with frost. 

Trent’s spine went rigid. He dared not take another step. Only after Julius and Quinn vanished from sight did he slump against the wall and drag a ragged breath into his lungs. 

So even hatred is more than I’m worth to her now? 

The trial unfolded without a single surprise. 

Though Penelope and Jacinda offered every excuse, the evidence proved they had hired two thugs, pumped knockout gas into a hotel suite, and planned to let the men assault Quinn so they could force her out of the marriage empty–handed. The attorney Trent retained argued fiercely, yet nothing he said could shift the verdict.