Chapter 26 Remember Your Reaction Now!


In an instant, his hands caressed her body, and with a tantalizing kiss, she was like a little boat in a whirlpool, hopelessly losing her bearings.

She allowed him to lead her deeper into the vortex's core, falling further and further into its grasp.

Subsequently, her body involuntarily arched in a curve, her entire being seemingly seized by a spasmodic heat.

Galatea could feel her temperature rising, seduced as if under the influence of some intoxicating substance. 'What's happening? Rational thought had evaporated, her flesh seemingly yearning to be consumed by fire, overwhelmed by a desire that refused to be suppressed, and then-'

At the crucial moment, he stopped, stood up, and looked down at her with a smile that seemed almost mocking.

"Galatea Hartley, so stubborn with your words, but your body tells a different story. Still claiming you don't want me?"

Her face twisted in a silent scream of rage, more stinging than a physical slap.

'That man was just taking his revenge just now!'

"Remember your reaction just now, and don't you dare play innocent with me again," Alaric said as he rose and straightened his clothes. "Although our relationship is a farce, we have to put on a good show. Cross me again, and I'll take you to bed, but I won't be responsible for the aftermath."

"Alaric, you jerk!" she yelled at him furiously.

If you keep lounging in bed, you'll be

saw the time. She quickly tidied her clothes, combed her hair in

at the street corner, waiting for a cab. Alaric, in

to hail a cab in the suburbs.

preferring to walk to work than get in the car

scoffed, his intentions were obvious, yet

a press of the accelerator, Alaric zoomed away, glancing in the rearview mirror after some distance to see Galatea anxiously checking her phone and scouting for a ride, a smirk of mischief on his face before hitting the gas even harder. "Alaric, you lunatic! When I find my son, I swear, I'm giving you a taste of your own

had thought about waiting a few more days to talk to Galen about accessing the archives, but she couldn't wait. She needed to find out what happened to her son-and fast. She had to get away from the man with a

nightmare for hailing a cab. She walked a long distance before finally catching one, arriving at

awful today," Galatea apologized

jams happen. We all get

her colleagues chimed in,

a severe lecture; or a pay cut for her tardiness. It would have made

had to find her son and end

lunch, she strengthened her resolve, and walked

I need to ask you a favor,"

need. Are you unhappy

hesitated, then continued slowly, "It's about an old friend of mine. About six or seven years ago, she had complications during childbirth at our hospital and didn't make it. I

After delivering the first child, she lost consciousness. Mia later recounted the harrowing details of

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