Chapter 612

From head to toe, there was no escape.

Right now, Susanna felt like she was sobbing rivers inside. How could she be so stupid?

Whenever she was near him, it was like her whole body was trapped under some kind of spell.

Hull watched her trembling shoulders, then reached out with his long fingers and gently lifted her chin.

Susanna instinctively tried to pull away, but there was no way she could outmatch his strength.

As he tilted her face up, Hull could see just how red her cheeks had gotten.

His lips curled into a smirk he couldn't hide. "You ruined my good reputation, and yet you're the one blushing?"

He put a little extra weight on the word "reputation." Susanna couldn't tell if he was doing it on purpose or not, but his tone was so intense it made her heart pound even harder.

Her face, already as red as a ripe tomato, somehow managed to get even hotter.

"I-I-I swear I didn't mean to..." She stammered out the same excuse as before.

tongue and a quick wit, but faced with Hull's

smiled,

smile only

how's your investigation going?" she squeaked. God, when was this going to be over? She was desperate to talk to Star about

Hull still didn't answer.

his eyes getting even deeper, as if he could see right

mean? Was his reputation the only one that mattered?

blurted out in a tiny voice, "So... are you saying I have to take

down on those words "reputation"-just moments ago. Was he really asking her to pay him back? And if so, what did that even

raised an eyebrow. "Well, don't you think

Susanna: "."

did have to

he meant paying him off-well, she'd grown up with plenty of money, suke, never lacking

the numbers

his business

you,” she muttered

Especially with Hull-when he went quiet, she always

back, but finally, she couldn't take it anymore. With a deep breath and a wild, reckless courage, she blurted out, "Fine! Then,

Yvonne and Xander were on their way

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