A deal with the devil

Chapter 44

sley came out from the forth wearing a set of conservative pajamas. Her long hair was tied up, revealing her pale neck.

Het pants were made of fer silk, while her feet were clad in flip flops Allen of het toes had a pinkish hue to them. They were rounded and tiny with neatly trimmed toenails, giving them a

ealized that Benjamin’s eyes kept lingering on her feet, and she instinctively curled her toes inward “I wanted to talk to you about Damian |

Standing at 5“C“, Shirley suddenly felt very short as she had to crane bet neck upward to meet Benjamin’s eyes.

Benjamin’s gaze moved from her cute little toes upward to her face. He paused for a few seconds before turning and walking inside. “You can come in

Shicles didn’t think much of it and followed Benjamin into his bedroom.

i bedroom matched his personality. It was decorated in a gray–white color scheme and had a simple yet authoritative air. The vibe it gave off was cold and unfeeling

min opened the door to the study and entered. When he saw that Shirley hadn’t followed after him, he called out, “Shirley.”

had been standing outside the door of the study. She only entered when she heard Benjamin call for her.

and tossed at her. “Take this back and give it

and dislikes, recorded meticulously in pages on pages of neat handwriting Shirley could help

a regal air. It had to belong to someone with high aspirations and a certain amount of Benjamin didn’t reph, but Shirley decided that it must be written by him..

put so much effort

side no matter how bad he was

was a

arrogance

has a phobia of blood. Other than that,

phobia of water?

happened that evening, Could it be that Damian was reluctant to go outside because of

not till in the lake

though it was

the lake, there wasn’t anything more important to Benjamin than Damian, wasn’t it‘

Benjamin would

overcome it une day. He can’t stay in a safe bubble

Benjamin’s opinion made sense too. One couldn’t just keep running away from everything that