“T-Then let’s go to a cafe…” Ellie suggested timidly.

The man in glasses waved his hand and said, “It’s inconvenient to have a discussion in a cafe. Instead, a hotel room is the best place because it offers the most privacy!”

“But—”

“No more buts!” he cut her off impatiently. “Do you want to save your mother or not? You’ll have to do as I say if you want to save her.”

She hesitated for a long while. Even though she wanted to save her mother badly, she was not a fool. Judging from the crude way he was staring at her and what he said about bringing her to a hotel room, it was obvious that he had no good intentions at all.

In a murmur, she said, “Forget it, I-I’ll look for someone else…”

Her reply irritated him; she was this close to becoming his and there was no way that he would let her slip through his fingers. “Stop right there! Listen carefully. Dr. Ellis is a close family friend and he can treat your mother for my sake, but I can also make him do otherwise! There’s no one here who can help you except me, so choose wisely!”

All the blood rushed to her face as anxiety overwhelmed her. It was beyond her imagination that this man was so shameless as to threaten her so brazenly.

“I-I…”

“You’re a filial child, so can’t you sacrifice a

 

he had sneakily placed his hand on her

jumped back and said shakily, “D-Don’t

heart on fire and he grabbed her hand directly while threatening in a low

sorrow. Did she really have to

up in her eyes and he could tell that this young girl was about to

closer to her and was about to hug her when he felt a tight grip on his throat and was lifted off

was going on, he was thrown aside roughly, causing him to tumble to the

who was eavesdropping on them when he got close

wanting to trouble him, Ellie didn’t tell him about what happened, but

just a second, this drew the attention of a small crowd and

that him again? He’s a real barbarian. Why is he beating

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