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.

sharp tongue and a quick wit, but faced with Hull's deep, intense gaze, she somehow turned into a jumbling

smiled,

only made Susanna

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

Hull still didn't answer.

eyes getting even deeper, as if he could

reputation the only one that mattered? Did hers not count at

a tiny voice, "So... are you saying I have

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

"Well, don't

Susanna: "."

did

she'd grown up

the

with his business partners? That was a whole

I definitely can't afford you,” she muttered

of heavy, awkward silence. Especially with Hull-when

it anymore. With a deep breath and a wild, reckless courage, she blurted out, "Fine! Then, what if I marry

Yvonne and Xander were on their way

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