
{"id":24617,"date":"2026-01-30T10:32:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T10:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/retired-from-your-heart-novel-chapter-182\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T10:32:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T10:32:26","slug":"retired-from-your-heart-novel-chapter-182","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/retired-from-your-heart-novel-chapter-182\/","title":{"rendered":"Retired from Your Heart Novel Chapter 182"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Unwritten Feelings Drift by Austen 182<\/h1>\n<p>Chapter 182 A Shameless Jerk\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chapter 182 A Shameless Jerk\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>+20 Free Coins\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Halle charmingly, her voice teasing as she looked back on last night. \u201cOther than brute force, your skills weren\u2019t that great.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>James narrowed his eyes, amused by her obviously fake smile.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He didn\u2019t bother arguing. He pushed her back onto the bed, leaned close, and gave her a wicked grin. \u201cYou know that kind of talk only upsets a guy who can\u2019t perform,\u201d he murmured. His lips brushed her ear as he spoke. \u201cBut I can.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Halle\u2019s body softened at his teasing, but her voice stayed steady. \u201cOnly women get to decide if the skills are good or not.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>James kissed her earlobe, then her neck. \u201cThen tell me,\u201d he said, \u201cwhat exactly did I do wrong last night?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Halle didn\u2019t reply.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He kept talking, but he wasn\u2019t stopping his kisses. He moved from her neck to her cheek. When he saw the impatience in her eyes, his smile grew even more playful. \u201cOh, so all that shouting last night wasn\u2019t because it felt good, but because it didn\u2019t?\u201d he teased.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Halle refused to stay pinned. \u201cGet off.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>James sighed dramatically. \u201cYou\u2019re impossible. I\u2019m trying to have a serious discussion here, and you get annoyed.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Halle had never met someone so shameless. She pushed at his face.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Instead of backing off, James kissed her lips. It was a hot, hungry kiss full of need. He pulled the blanket aside and kept going lower.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Very quickly, Halle felt his hair brushing against her chin. It tickled like crazy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He had loved that spot last night.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And now he was kissing it again.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Halle couldn\u2019t take it. A little angry now, she put both hands on his cheeks and tried to pull him up.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She barely had any strength left, but James loved to tease. He let her \u201cpull\u201d him up easily, like he was cooperating or just playing along.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She could see the shine of moisture on his lips. She refused to look. \u201cNo,\u201d she said firmly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But the moment she said it, he grabbed her waist with one hand. \u201cYour waist is so slim,\u201d he said, squeezing lightly. \u201cBut somehow these places I like grow just fine.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Then he squeezed her.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Halle was speechless.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>1\/3\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>13\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>13:13 Thu, Jan 1 thi A\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chapter 182 A Shameless Jerk\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>964\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>+20 Free Coins\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She felt like a stress ball. Some people liked squishing balloons for fun. James was doing exactly that to\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>her.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Her hands were still on his cheeks. She wanted to flatten his face but decided to hold back. \u201cJames, weren\u2019t you supposed to cooperate with me?\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will,\u201d he answered. \u201cBut it\u2019s not time for our next meeting yet.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His hunter eyes looked bright, almost shimmering like a lake under sunlight. When he smiled, it was warm and shameless. He stared straight at her, not hiding what he wanted at all. \u201cI like to do this with you,\u201d he said plainly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Halle said nothing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>James proposed, \u201cThis time I\u2019ll be careful. I won\u2019t make your voice go hoarse again, okay?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Halle never liked hooking up. She preferred closeness-cuddling, talking, leaning against someone on the couch. Even though she had dated a few people before, she rarely slept with any of them. Most dates were simple: watching TV together, grabbing dinner, taking long walks. And when things did happen, she needed at least an hour to get ready-shower, perfume, and everything neat and proper. It always felt like a scheduled task, not something wild.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But even during those times, she had never heard the kind of rough things James said last night. Things like \u201cYou don\u2019t gain weight here, but you do here,\u201d or \u201cI really like doing this with you,\u201d or \u201cYou\u2019re going to scream your lungs out.\u201d No one but James would dare say stuff like that.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>All her exes had been gentle types, so James\u2019s wild, reckless style had truly shocked her. Last night had been something she had never experienced before, so wild that just thinking about it made her ears burn.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There was no way she was doing that again. \u201cI have things to do today,\u201d Halle said flatly. \u201cNo time.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>James could read the room better than anyone. He saw her mood drop and knew he shouldn\u2019t push.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Still, he looked at her with obvious disappointment before getting up.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Halle, unfortunately, couldn\u2019t avoid seeing his willy being very awake. He probably felt miserable, but he still managed to smile radiantly. \u201cMind if I use your bathroom?\u201d he asked.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Halle clenched her teeth. \u201cIf you make a mess, we\u2019re going to have a problem.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI won\u2019t,\u201d he promised.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou better not\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She was already planning to call cleaning services the moment he left.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>James stepped to the side of the bed. There was a decorative fireplace in the room. He looked at it like he was trying to remember something. \u201cLast night,\u201d he said casually, \u201cwere your hands here? And I was standing behind you-\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Halle grabbed a pillow and threw it at his face.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u1000\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>8\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>O\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>2\/3\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&lt;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>13:13 Thu, Jan 1 JA\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>064\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chapter 182 A Shameless Jerk\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>+20 Free Coins\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He laughed, brushed it aside, and then, almost annoyingly considerate, picked it back up and tossed it gently toward her. Still humming a tune, he strolled into the bathroom-shameless, cheerful, and absolutely annoying.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Halle dropped face-first into the soft comforter. It already smelled like him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>James\u2019s roughness came from his personality-his way of talking, his way of doing things. His whole vibe screamed trouble. He looked a lot like Max too, the type whose face practically said, \u201cYeah, I date three people at once.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He wasn\u2019t as well-dressed as Max, but he was still absolutely that type. Even his cologne smelled unfairly good.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>3\/3\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jan<\/p>\n<p>Editorial Board Our editorial team works behind the scenes to refine each chapter, maintain consistency, and deliver the best reading experience.<\/p>\n<h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unwritten Feelings Drift by Austen 182 Chapter 182 A Shameless Jerk\u00a0 Chapter 182 A Shameless Jerk\u00a0 +20 Free Coins\u00a0 Halle [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-retired-from-your-heart-novel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24617\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}