Never Mistake a Queen for a Lapdog novel Chapter 1149

Noreen had never imagined that the careless words of her youth, which she assumed had scattered in the wind, had been meticulously guarded in his heart all this time.

He had actually remembered it for ten years.

Seth kept his arms wrapped tightly around her, his body radiating an intense heat.

The dazzling explosions in the sky reflected perfectly in his dark eyes.

"When you used to live in the old apartment, it was easy. The opposite bank was already the designated zone, so I just had to wait for the right time to set them off for you."

"But when you moved to this neighborhood, I checked the city zoning. This area isn't a strictly prohibited zone, so I pulled some strings to get a permit to set them off here."

He paused, his thumb tracing slow, heavy circles on her waist. "Except for the four years I had no freedom—when I had to ask Jude to do it—I set them off myself every other year."

His tone was entirely casual, as if he were simply reporting on a decade-long business project.

The explosions continued echoing in the distance, each blast shaking the camphor leaves in the freezing wind.

Sparks rained down, casting the night sky in a mesmerizing rhythm of light and shadow.

Noreen stood in stunned silence, just listening to him.

But her chest felt like it was going to burst, heavy and aching, yet overflowing with an impossible, suffocating warmth.

"So, the fireworks at The Esplanade... that was you too?"

Seth nodded. "Yeah. I was celebrating for you."

Before he even finished speaking, Noreen threw herself up on her tiptoes again.

No warning, no unnecessary words.

She grabbed his face with both hands and, over the deafening roar of the fireworks, kissed him with desperate intensity.

The kiss tasted like the freezing night air, yet it burned with a scorching, reckless heat.

She was chaotic and frantic, her nose bumping clumsily against his cheek, her hair whipping against his jaw, but the kiss carried a fierce, all-or-nothing devotion.

Every ounce of shock, heartbreak, and uncontainable love she couldn't put into words was poured entirely into this one collision of their lips.

It felt like an eternity before she finally pulled back just a fraction. Resting her forehead against his, her breath came out in ragged, raspy pants.

"Seth, next year, let's go across the river and set them off together."

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