Chapter 0142

Violet was dizzy from Lucius’s abrupt pull. She found herself collapsing onto the sofa by the time she regained consciousness.

Lucius towered over her. His piercing stare was murderous.

Reacting instinctively, she recoiled, her eyes betraying fear. She was no stranger to his ruthless

side.

Her retreat only worsened his irritation. His mood soured as he accused, “You’re here to use me,

aren’t you?”

His accusation had pained undertones and sounded almost childlike.

Violet felt a twinge of guilt and tried to explain. “I didn’t mean to…”

“Since you’ve come to use me, let’s make a deal. I can spare them, but what’s in it for me? What can you bring to the table to make it worthwhile?”

Lucius then lounged on the sofa, adopting a businesslike demeanor.

He sprawled his arms across the back of the sofa, appearing relaxed. His earlier anger ostensibly dissipated as he started treating Violet as if she were non–existent.

Violet was overcome with an unexplainable sense of disappointment. She sat motionless with her head lowered, biting her lip repeatedly.

He warned, “My patience is limited. Those people will be gone if you don’t give me a satisfactory answer within a minute!”

Violet tasted the metallic tang of blood from biting her lip too hard.

“Are they not worth anything to you?”

His tone was cold and laced with mockery. “If so…”

“That’s not what I mean,” Violet interjected quickly, “I have nothing to exchange, and you won’t find value in anything I could offer.”

give to

least you’re self–aware.” Lucius

comments. She bit her lip again, this time

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was drawn to the sight of blood on her lip. Instinctively, he reached out and

Let go!”

perplexed. She raised her eyes to meet his. Lucius could see the tears welling up

ordered again, his voice now husky and

he leaned down, capturing her lips in

stunned. Violet could not understand what was going on and

taste entered Lucius’s mouth, kindling a fire within him and motivating

man taking liberties in her space, bewildered by the sudden turn

events.

taken such an

beside her, and they pushed her further back onto the sofa.

keep her balance and fell.

and his weight nearly crushed her. Pent–up resentment drove his

ferocious and intense to

over, unsure of how to react. Eventually, she

she regained her senses, the kiss had ended.

at the other end of the sofa, his gaze

are something, fainting from a kiss,” he remarked. His tone was harsh, yet his lips curled in a playful smirk, his demeanor less rigid than

She touched

unceremoniously, “Stay

the sudden movement, Violet gazed at him in confusion. Her mind felt as if it had shut down after

her firmly against the sofa,

“Are

at

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lay motionless, her body

defensively.

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