As Axel spoke, his strong, slender arms wrapped tightly around Roza's waist, tightening as if he were afraid she might escape again.

Roza felt a tingling warmth spreading through her body. Her voice was soft and playful, sounding both like a complaint and a tease. "So you realize that you act like a thief, huh? At least you have some self- awareness."

"My darling Roza," Axel called her again, almost addicted to the name, causing her pale face to blush faintly. "Actually, you are also a thief... A thief who stole my heart." Roza was speechless.

She recalled her mentor mentioning her family sometimes. The mentor had said she had another brother who, despite being exceptionally good-looking, engaged in highly improper behaviors that made people feel uncomfortable.

Now it seemed Bella wasn't lying at all.

Seeing her silence, Axel grew anxious and turned her around to face him.

"Are you still mad at me?"

"Axel Thompson."

by his full name, making him even more

the Walker family. My status is not respectable, and the Walker family constantly causes me trouble

ached again, as if she were cutting away a piece of her own flesh.

out of pity, you feel protective of me. But once that initial impulse fades, you'll understand. Love is a fleeting thing that only adds to countless unnecessary troubles. Someone with your background-even if you don't seek a high-status match-should find a girl

her immaculate, aloof persona and dazzling creations to mask her deep-seated bitterness and insecurity. She had no sense of security, always feeling like she was living like a rootless floating plant. Although she bore the Walker name, she could never openly tell others that

she couldn't see Axel's goodness or feel his sincere

heart day and night, forcing her to face reality. If one day Axel realized he no longer liked her, or if

known about your background for a long

her try to escape, Axel's eyes reddened, but he couldn't hold back his words. "But so

taken aback, unable to hold back her emotions. "You investigated me?! Axel, is your prosecutor's instinct turning on me

just wanted to understand

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