Chapter 258

"Huh? You've been up this whole time?"

Tarquin's brows furrowed deeply. "Tell me the truth!"

Elysia's heart pounded wildly. When she had entered and seen him with his eyes closed, breathing steadily, she thought he was deep in sleep. Little did she know, he was faking it!

He's so cunning!

"I wasn't trying to seduce you! And I definitely wasn't planning to kill you. I was... oh, right, I was sleepwalking! Yeah, that's it, sleepwalking."

The grip on her wrist tightened suddenly, clearly showing he didn't believe a word she said.

"Ouch—" Elysia felt like her wrist was about to snap. She was a mix of pain, fear, and a touch of feeling wronged, her nostrils flared, and she was on the verge of tears.

"I really wasn't trying to... could you, maybe, lighten up? It hurts."

"Then give me a reasonable explanation, or don't blame me for being ruthless. Killing you would be no different to me than

she truly

heavily, "I... I just wanted to see

"See what?"

gritted her teeth, "I thought you were well-built, so I wanted to

Such a scandalous admission!

for a long moment before finally speaking, "...That's not seduction,

argue but gave up after making eye

him think she wanted to harass him was still better

a cigarette, leaning against the

jumped out of bed, eyeing him

my fair share of women trying to get a peek.

wanted to explain but didn't know how without making

attempt at

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