Chapter 713

“I came to check on you because I thought you might be in trouble.”

“Me, in trouble? I’m fine, really. And from now on, stop doing things like this, okay?”

Elsie couldn’t bring herself to look up, her ears moving sightly, her smooth skin tingling as if electrified, goosebumps rising on it, “If you’re bored and looking for trouble, Mr. Waverley, go find it somewhere else. I don’t want to see you at the Velvet Haven again. No, what I mean is I hope after tonight, I’ll never see you again.”

The intensity in Elvis‘ gaze deepened as his tongue brushed against the teeth, “Heh, you can’t control me.”

Elsie’s heart squeezed tight; she bit her lips. She knew he was smart enough to understand the subtext of her words. But why was he so stubborn, so unwilling to play along?

Those Ashbourne folks are all so difficult to deal with!

Elvis enigmatic eyes scanned over her flushed face. Usually, she was the femme fatale who turned heads in the sultriest of places, but in front of him, she alternated between a coquettish kitten and a pitiful, tearful bunny.

Even with a face so similar to his little sister’s, he still found her to be a stunning chameleon, a woman who gave off a different vibe every time they met.

No wonder Avery had invested so much in her. No man could likely resist. Too bad, Elvis was an iron wall they couldn’t dent.

In his line of work, the golden rule was to keep things light–hearted and unemotional.

so clean because

hard. After all, he had planned to use that to blackmail Matthew, to get his hands on some leverage. Now his plans are shot to hell. Ha, that son of a gun must be so mad he could crap right where he stands, huh?”

atmosphere had been dangerous and charged, and now Elvis was being his usual off–beat self.

Chambers‘ heart. As long as there’s no solid proof, he won’t lay a

dog builds affection, let alone with a person, and a woman with Ms. Ashbourne’s face at that. So, you don’t need to waste your concern on me anymore. Last time was the first and the last. We shouldn’t meet again

twinge in his chest. Not only did he remember the task Evadne

game was her doing, but he had to be the one to call it quits!

a weight on her shoulder as

trapped her underneath him, his handsome and sharp features enlarging in her trembling gaze. His

seemingly casual but captivating. Their breaths mingled, their gazes tangled.

his gaze shimmered with

you to completely break away from Avery’s control, to walk a path in

seduction, her slender fingers teasing the open collar of his black shirt, “No. Even if

while there was still a chance to regret,

one asking you to leave with me? To a place where Avery’s reach couldn’t find us, would you come

‘No‘

smile a blend of light and tears, “in life,

with the man’s leaps in

two, what do you

of the tenderness she was smitten with, “Your turn

her eyes, shaking her head, “I’m leaving now. I won’t

she tried to walk away, Elvis effortlessly pulled her back into his mocking line

wrong, throwing a tantrum? How are we going

a tantrum, as if I could

and mighty. Do you really want to sleep with a woman like me?

“I know exactly what you are. The fact that I brought you here means I don’t

emotions burst forth, shaking as

lips pressing together.

her composure, her eyes red–rimmed with restraint, “If Mr. Waverley is concerned about me, and appreciates that I helped you and Ms.

was the best person she had ever met. Because she genuinely cared for him, she didn’t want her life, in ruins, to taint his in

their relationship to remain

his grip on her waist tightened, veins standing out on his hand, and his tone softened

mind the shower; it’s late. Stay the

she reasoned, if she rushed back to the Velvet Haven now, it would only raise Avery’s suspicions. If she

Elsie in the

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