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.

got pinched. The operation went down so clean because you dropped the

picture, Avery might suspect you next, and might go after you hard. After all, he had planned to use that to blackmail Matthew, to get his

been dangerous and charged, and now Elvis

hold a place in Mr. Chambers‘ heart. As long as there’s no solid proof,

wouldn’t touch me. After all, ten years with 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 from now on, and you

each one a push away. But when she firmly said “over“, Elvis felt a twinge in his chest. Not only did he remember the task Evadne had given

to be the one to call it quits!

her shoulder as Elvis spun her around to face him.

handsome and sharp features enlarging in her trembling gaze. His unspoken aggression threatened to

chin, seemingly casual but captivating. Their breaths mingled, their

eyes became unfocused, his gaze

was a chance for you to completely break away from Avery’s control, to walk a path in the light? Would you leave him?” His

beneath her delicate skin. After a few seconds, her eyes danced with seduction, her slender fingers teasing the open collar of his black shirt, “No. Even if I’m rotten, I’ll rot with Avery.

needed to keep her distance, while there was still a chance to regret,

was the one asking you to leave with me? To a place where Avery’s reach couldn’t find

‘No‘

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

up with the man’s

night, hotel room, just us two, what do you think we can do,

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

shaking her head, “I’m leaving

away, Elvis effortlessly pulled her back into

wrong, throwing a tantrum? How are we going to sleep together without

tantrum, as if I could

want to sleep with a woman like me?

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

do!” Elsie’s emotions burst forth, shaking as she

paused, his lips

with restraint, “If Mr. Waverley is concerned about me, and appreciates that I helped you and Ms. Ashbourne once, then please don’t ask

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

to remain

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

mind the shower; it’s late. Stay the

rushed back to the Velvet Haven now, it would

they slept there, together, but Elsie in the plush king–size bed, Ethan rigid

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