Chapter 1009

The room was dimly lit, so much so that it was hard to make out each other’s faces.

“Maja, come with me.”

His voice still had its gentle tone, but to Maja, there was a subtle hint of deliberation in it this time.

Could it be her imagination?

“Hey, I want to leave,” she said, her voice wavering just slightly. “I made it clear the last time, Our agreement has expired.”

The last time, she had been groggy for days, and when she woke up, there was no explanation, and he was nowhere to be found. That had made her wary of him.

Even if he once was the dream of her youth.

“Maja, I’m sorry you fell asleep last time.”

His words said sorry. His tone, however, suggested anything but.”

Maja’s sense of unease deepened, and she took a step back.

Due to the effects of the wine, she felt hot and dizzy, as if she was about to explode.

intending to leave through the small door she had entered through and head back to Rosewood Manor for a cold

of hands wound themselves around her waist.

“Let me go!”

of danger intensified,

to

Don’t make me

it was not up

coupled with the effects of the

a secluded room and instructed a woman who had been

effects of the

he added

her believe she spent the night with me.”

flickered in the woman’s eyes, but

into a darker corner where he was

your method? Use her to threaten

knew you would take the bait, Eric. I’m running out of time. If you don’t cooperate and give me what I want, I may actually have

time, he was

and tense. Eric didn’t argue back.

Leave her alone. I have the letters and the ring. Let her find her own

Why should your younger brother have her? You

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