Chapter 546

After pausing for a moment, she whipped out her phone, switched it to handwriting mode, and handed it over to him. "If talking's not your thing, just write it down. I'm really at a loss here, trying to get what you're saying." He took a look at the phone she offered and, after hesitating for a second, accepted it.

He scribbled a line: Is it polite to wander around someone else's house without their permission?

Eliza knew she was in the wrong.

But she had just taken a little walk around the garden.

She hadn't ventured anywhere else.

"I only strolled around outside. If you don't believe me, feel free to check the security footage."

He kept writing on the phone: And you're still standing firm on your stance.

Eliza: ...Was she?

She was just sticking up for herself, that's all.

She couldn't stand being blamed for something she didn't do.

"Alright, alright, I was wrong. I'm sorry, okay?" It was just an apology, not a life-or-death situation.

Man: An apology and we're done?

Eliza's eyes widened in disbelief. Was she being shaken down?

Money? I

stopped communicating via the

he started

you cut me some slack? I was just curious about

her at

Give me a break, I promise I won't

pleas didn't

end, she was brought into a

lit, but even in the low

leaning in close with his arms on the chair's arms, trapping

mask glinted

leaning back with fear in her

phone again: Are

Eliza nodded vigorously.

was terrified,

scares you about

fear of him doing something terrible, or

presence made

you let me go?" Her eyes

complicated mix of emotions flickered in his

of pain, regret, and something he couldn't

Eliza sensed something.

dared to look straight into his

locked, and a wave

too similar, no,

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