As the two men approached the girl, their eyes were filled with insatiable greed, as if they intended to consume her.The woman who was disrobing the girl had already removed her coat, and was in the process of taking off her sweater."Let me handle it. It's most effective if we record it while undr
Absent-mindedly, she spilled some food on herself."Can't you eat properly?" Lucius snapped at her.He regarded her disapprovingly, as though she were a child struggling with a simple task.Reaching over with a couple tissues, he began wiping the spilled food from her clothes and accidentally brushe
Pausing in her tracks, Violet responded, "Thank you.""And how will you express your gratitude?" Lucius asked.Violet was taken aback, her mouth agape in surprise at his unexpected request. Didn't he loathe her so much that he wished she was gone? Shouldn't he be eager for her to leave right away, e
Lucius gently lifted her chin with his uninjured hand and asked, "What are you doing?"Violet suddenly realized she had been tending to his wound with her mouth. A flush of embarrassment colored her cheeks as she hastily explained, "Don't misunderstand. In my family, we treat burns this way."The re
"I didn't rescue her to keep her here," he responded coldly, his voice even chillier than before.He aimlessly played with his food and eventually jabbed a piece of meat. His eyebrows furrowed furiously.George sighed internally at Lucius's stubbornness. Not daring to overstep boundaries, he quietly
Violet sensed something odd in Emily's stare—she seemed as though she had seen a ghost.She reflexively touched her own face. There was some sweat, but generally, everything appeared normal."Why are you here?" Emily asked again, her face betraying a shift in emotion.Disinterested in Emily's reacti
"You mean…"She hesitated to believe that Lucius would go to such lengths for her.George nodded and confirmed her thoughts.They both understood what remained unsaid.Violet looked away in disarray and said, "How is that possible?""I thought the same." George reflected, "You're attractive, but the
"Say something," he ordered, eyes closed. That request seemingly came out of the blue.Violet was brought back to reality. It took her a moment to compose her thoughts.Attempting to reason with him, she said, "It's late. If you need to rest, you should get a room in a hotel. There's one nearby. It'