Love's New Bloom by Simone Hastings

Chapter 57 The Standard Rules

Stunned, Erin quickly smelled her dress. Other than cigarette smoke, there was the scent of lan’s cologne. She gave Chandler a look and explained. “I went to look for my friend at a nightclub and bumped into my ex–husband.”

She couldn’t see Chandler’s face as he stood in the shadow, but she felt his anger. Worrying that he didn’t believe her, Erin added, “I’ll never marry him again! Since I’ve promised to become your lover for three months, I won’t look for other men within the period. Can you not suspect me so easily?”

Sensing indignation in her tone, Chandler narrowed his eyes and said coldly. “I’m not suspecting you, so don’t be so nervous. I

know you don’t dare to betray me because you can’t afford to bear the consequences.”

Chandler strolled to the door and said, twisting the doorknob, “Come to my room after you take your shower.”

After he left, Erin weakly caught her breath. She thought he was going to choke her again. She lay on the floor for a while, then got up and showered.

Half an hour later, she walked into Chandler’s bedroom.

The room was dimly lit, and the purplish light made the bedroom look sensual, if not for Chandler. With his arms folded behind his head, the man stared as she obediently came closer..

Seeing Erin in a conservative nightgown, Chandler frowned. “I forbid you to wear any clothes to bed from now on. Do you understand?”

Erin scolded inwardly, “Stupid psychopath! Do you think everyone is a flasher like you?”

“Say it to my face if you dare,” he sneered coldly.

where she was, he quirked his eyebrow and said, “How long are you going to stand there?”

under the covers as the air conditioning was always set to a freezing temperature. She couldn’t stand the cold, unlike Chandler, who was

to his side and held her to his chest. Feeling that he

“Erin, I told you to be my woman for three months, and I would leave you alone

“Obey

words, you

pouted. “So what if you ask me to kill myself? Am I supposed to

an idiot.”

that he didn’t even bother to explain, she realized she shouldn’t have

to have ambiguous relationships with other men. Second, whenever I

lover. How demeaning!” she thought. She

was not her place to negotiate with him. “In this world, whoever stands at the top of the food chain is the master, and whoever knows his opponent’s weakness would have the upper hand.”

felt like a hunter who had caught his prey.

I want you to learn to enjoy this…”

uneasy. He thought of her letting out such an expression in another man’s arms and was racked

were glazed over and unfocused, while her voice

name, Chandler immediately let go of her neck and lowered his

night was still young, and he had only

had to stop because Erin couldn’t take it anymore and had fallen asleep. After tucking her in, he raised the temperature of the air–conditioning and

what he wanted him to do, and Alan nodded before

fair arms exposed, Chandler spun around and pushed him outside.

Alan asked. “What’s the matter? You’ve

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