Elias’ Crimes and Punishments of Romance

Amanda blinked and found herself entranced by the man’s deep, black eyes. Was she truly that cold and distant, always keeping him away? In the meantime, Elias seized the opportunity presented by her momentary silence and attempted to break down her defenses. His handsome face inched closer as though he was about to kiss her lips. Noticing this, Amanda yielded and closed her eyes while anticipating his kiss.

Elias smirked when he knew he was about to succeed. However, just as their lips were about to meet, the bedroom door swung open abruptly, and Aiden’s voice interrupted them. “Mommy! Daddy! What are you playing? Why didn’t you include me? Hmph!”

Aiden rushed into the room, bringing a gust of cool air along with him. Amanda instinctively moved away from Elias and pushed him aside. Meanwhile, Elias felt annoyed by the untimely interruption caused by this little brat, and he closed his eyes helplessly. If Aiden weren’t his child, he might have been tempted to throw him out.

Climbing onto the bed, Aiden nestled into Amanda’s embrace. “Mommy, I want to sleep with you guys. You never include me in your games. That’s not nice!”

“Baby, your daddy and I weren’t playing. We were discussing something important.” Amanda’s face flushed. She realized that it was impossible to avoid such awkward situations with a child around.

-Elias expression soured as he pinched his son’s cheek and gritted his teeth. “You came at the perfect time,

didn’t you?”

“What are you doing?” Amanda swatted the man’s hand away, recognizing his dubious intentions.

The unfulfilled Elias looked frustrated as he stood up and said, “You two go to sleep. I’m going out for a bit. He didn’t feel like sleeping anymore. Amanda couldn’t suppress her laughter as she held her baby in her arms and watched the man leave angrily.

“Why are you laughing, Mommy?”

“Nothing. How about I tell you a story?”

“Okay!”

take a shower and sleep. With a cigarette

realized that destroying that video would render Crispin useless, leaving him without any means of resistance. After

inside, he found Stephanie on the bed

Elias thought that both Crispin and Stephanie had left, not expecting her to still

go with him. Why are you here?” Stephanie couldn’t face Elias after

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that Crispin has a video of you. Do you know where he keeps it?” Elias

but he said he had multiple backups… Stephanie was initially startled, for she

Elias

“Yes…”

and tapped on the keyboard with his slender fingers, and his dark eyes

a few minutes, the man stood up and glanced at her. “Just be patient and wait a few more days.” With that, he

and yell

computer and began hacking into

that he had gone through all of Crispin’s accounts and deleted every video that could be found. He couldn’t be bothered to watch them one by one, especially the ones involving Crispin and Stephanie. He wasn’t

of water. As she passed by Elias’ room, she entered almost instinctively. She only wanted to see what the

of running water ceased, and the bathroom door swung open. Elias emerged, wearing only a towel around his waist. His short hair was dripping wet,

face when he spotted her, for nothing could

this scene.

wanted to see what you were up to. Aiden

as if he didn’t

leaving. I have to wake up early tomorrow.”