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.

pinched. The operation went down so clean because you

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

dangerous and charged, and now Elvis was being

place in Mr. Chambers‘ heart. As long as there’s no solid

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 from now on, and you won’t get any more advantages from me. Our partnership

chest. Not only did he remember the task Evadne had given him to

her doing, but he had to be the one to call it

a weight on her shoulder as

he trapped her underneath him, his handsome and sharp features enlarging in her trembling gaze. His unspoken aggression threatened to breach the fortress of her

with her chin, seemingly casual but captivating. Their breaths mingled, their gazes

unfocused, his gaze shimmered with intent.

break away from Avery’s control, to walk a

teasing the open collar of his black shirt, “No. Even if I’m rotten, I’ll rot with Avery. The Velvet Haven is where I

keep her distance, while there was still a chance

was the one asking you to leave with me? To a place where Avery’s reach couldn’t find us, would you come with me?” Elvis gazed at her deeply, more

‘No‘

blend of light and tears, “in life, I belong to Mr.

keep up with the man’s leaps in

what do you think we can do, play poker?”

the tenderness she was smitten with, “Your turn to shower first, or mine? Or shall we shower

“I’m

walk away, Elvis effortlessly pulled her

throwing a tantrum? How are we

if I

Waverley, you’re so high and mighty. Do you really want to sleep with a woman like me? No matter how many showers I

demeanor rakish, “I know exactly what you are. The

emotions burst forth, shaking as

his lips pressing

eyes red–rimmed with restraint, “If Mr. Waverley is concerned about me, and appreciates that I helped you and Ms. Ashbourne once, then please don’t ask for this tonight. Consider

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

their relationship to remain untouched, pure.

his breath hitching, his grip on her waist tightened, veins standing out on his hand, and his

mind the shower; it’s late. Stay the night, will you?”

she reasoned, if she rushed back to the Velvet Haven now, it would only raise Avery’s suspicions. If she stayed the night, she’d have an excuse for her

but Elsie in the plush king–size bed, Ethan rigid on the

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