Discount? Is he begging for mercy?
Gwendolyn chuckled softly. He had been so tough in accepting his punishment just now, but he seemed to have backed down now. She had thought he was not afraid of pain.
She said nothing and untied the belt around his wrists.
Maverick wanted to avoid her, but she forcefully pinned his arms down, leaving him no choice but to bury his face in the blanket again, feeling defeated.
It seems she disagrees with a lighter punishment.
Just now, he had used all his strength to endure the pain of removing the rotten flesh from his wound, so his body felt weak and powerless now.
He might pass out if Ezra were to whip him two hundred times in the garden.
Gwendolyn would definitely sense something was off if he fainted. She might even take the opportunity to examine his wound. It had been three days since he was injured, and the injury caused by sulfuric acid was clearly different. With Gwendolyn’s cleverness, there was no way he could hide it from her.
As he lay there thinking, Gwendolyn had already undone the belt for him.
She stood by the edge of the bed and tilted her head to observe his reaction with a mischievous smirk on her lips. “Shall we?”
Maverick did not budge an inch.
Gwendolyn did not expect him to move, so she turned around and was prepared to close the open window.
“Although my physical strength has recovered, my back still hurts, and I don’t have any strength…” Maverick said softly as he grabbed her wrist, thinking she was going to leave the room. This punishment is too heavy. I might not be able to endure it.
He took a deep breath and continued, “If you can’t give a discount, can you perhaps postpone the penalty until after autumn?”
He meant to wait until he recovered from his injuries before accepting the punishment.
Gwendolyn had just wanted to tease him. She did not really intend to punish him.
hurt in the first place. Although she had given him the antidote for the 023 special drug and repaid the favor, she was not so unreasonable as to be cruel to a
past two days? The 023 special drug will only intensify the feeling of pain from your burns, but it won’t have a significant impact on your
a moment and slowly sat up. His dark eyes
on the day I was splashed with sulphuric acid. Then, I spent the entire day cleaning the villa. That’s why I’ve been feeling
and realized this seemed
a sulfuric acid burn at his weakest moment. After he used the antidote, his strength
It made sense now.
I’ll trust you just this once. I’ll keep the tab in mind. If you
head slightly and
days left. I fear there won’t be
got up and walked to the window, closing it as she casually said, “I have some things to take care of in the next couple of days. You better
“Okay.”
“Get some rest.”
averted her gaze, turned around, and left his room. She closed the door and went straight
others were placed on the couch, gradually regaining consciousness. However,
condition, and chose to ask William, who seemed to be the most
did you see before you
his
really was Nico. It seems Maverick
of words. “You’re even calling Nico by his name now. Seems
“Ms. Shalders, we…”
terrified, yet he could
no intention of
is
consciousness were on the verge
sky gradually darkened, Gwendolyn, who had not had dinner, ordered some takeout. After finishing the meal,
had a very important task to accomplish
negative news about Lane Group suddenly flooded the internet. The outrageous content quickly
Lanes only found out the next morning when they
was in a commotion
workers. At the time, the Lane family had used their connections to cover up the news because the compensation costs were quite high. Consequently, Shirley had arranged for someone to visit the
had passed, it was surprising the matter was suddenly brought up last
healed, and she stormed
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