Chapter 222 Why Am I The One To Bear These?

Eileen ended the call and soon spotted a group of familiar faces approaching. Among them. she recognized a few as Lionel’s subordinates.

Without hesitation, Eileen quickly closed the shutter door and remembered there was a back door she could use.

As Fileen made her way towards the back door, she dialed the private driver of the Smith family, Gordon. However, her phone automatically shut down due to a dead battery just as the call was connecting.

Why is Eric in the fishing village?

Is he coming after me? Is he planning to silence me by killing me?

Eileen cautiously stepped outside through the back door. Two icy daggers were immediately pointed at her. Under the cold moonlight, she could see Lionel’s eyes and his menacing scar. She felt a chilling terror. “Ms. Eileen,” he said, “Mr. Snow is concerned about your safety being alone outside, so he specifically sent us to protect you. Please come with us.”

Wouldn’t going with them be even more dangerous?

Eileen quickly shut the door, but Lionel wedged his foot in the gap. In no time, he kicked the door open, looking fierce and intimidating. “Ms. Eileen, if you choose to resist, don’t blame us!” he threatened, causing her to retreat in fear.

“What are you planning to do? Don’t make me tell my father!”

Lionel laughed wildly. “I’m afraid he won’t have the chance to hear those words.”

Eileen was forcefully taken to a dilapidated floor. Isn’t this the room that Sharon used to rent? She used to live here.

Lionel pushed the door open. “Please, Ms. Eileen.”

could sense a terrifying aura emanating from within, as if something even more fearsome than a

Lionel seemed to have anticipated her move. He roughly grabbed the back of her collar and

to the ground. Suddenly, a pair of black leather shoes entered her line of sight. The man slightly bent over and extended a hand towards her. Eileen, supporting herself

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looked at her. “Am I that frightening?”

gaze shifted to the bed, where she saw a set of revealing, almost transparent women’s lingerie. Her heart immediately tightened. “Eric… What are you trying to do?”

you already know what I want, Eileen?”

his people outside, Eileen suddenly felt helpless. She knew that there was no way she could escape tonight, no matter what.

used Elm’s disappearance to lure me to this fishing village. I know it’s all your doing. So what exactly are you trying to

pleasant chuckle. He pulled Eileen towards him with one hand, holding her in his embrace and gripping her slender waist. With a tilt of his hand, his fingers brushed over her

you

cabinet. In the black reflective screen, a man and a woman were intimately

he was captivated by her body in bed. As

you not to play games. I’ve already called

has returned. Do you think he still has feelings

her hand. rested on his chest. The intimate distance allowed her to catch a faint whiff of tobacco from him. Didn’t he dislike

sentence left Eric

me, no matter what I did. Now that I like someone else, you’re always around. Eric…” Eileen

“Have you fallen for

his

warm kisses there. “Whatever you think, that’s what it is!” His voice grew

and Jasper leaves, there will never

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