Chapter 684:

Thea approached Elyse, her arms crossed, her tone laced with mockery. “Look at you, out of trouble in just a few hours thanks to your hero.”

A playful smirk appeared on Elyse’s face as she met Thea’s eyes. “Feeling angry? Or are you just eager to drag me back to that dark basement?”

Thea scoffed. “Wrongdoers deserve punishment. Otherwise, they’ll never recognize their mistakes.”

“In that case, you should be in that place more than I should,” Elyse retorted, her smile cold. “You can’t keep bending the rules forever. Eventually, your luck will run out.”

“You’re just a smart mouth!” Thea hissed.

Elyse shrugged, her laughter tinged with mockery. “I’ll take that as a compliment.”

boy standing next to Thea asked,

words carefully. “She’s… the daughter of the man

Forrest Bentley examined her

of his scrutiny, Elyse instinctively stepped back, putting

Elyse. “It’s a pleasure to meet you,” he said, smiling. “I hope we can get

long enough to accept Forrest’s handshake, then briefly shook it. “I must be going,” she announced.

she departed. “Is she

Are you interested in

“A bit,” Forrest confessed.

of jealousy. Forrest had only just met Elyse, yet he seemed already intrigued by her. Thea had been trying to get close to the Bentley family for over a year by courting

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“She’s returned to the Benson family only to

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