Chapter 2048

A flash of light darted across his dark eyes.

After a moment, he restored his usual calm demeanor. “Well, here I am right in front of you now. Will you tell me how you plan to claim responsibility for that night?"

Isabel bit her lip. She had been thinking about this endlessly over the past two days.

Before he showed up, she even considered buying his silence with a huge cheque and tell him to forget about it, but now that she was facing him and looking at his handsome face, she realized she could not bear to hurt him and could not get the words out.

Doing that was almost certain to wound his pride and feelings.

She opted for a direct approach instead. “How do you expect me to take responsibility?”

She wore a stout, serious expression that held a strange contrast with her doll-like appearance.

Roland looked at her silently for a moment, then suddenly lowered his head close toward her.

At the same time, he cupped her chin with his palms.

Isabel could feel the w