Chapter 198 Nate’s mind betrayed him, conjuring an image of her vulnerability—her whispered “no,” the softness of her trembling lips, her futile resistance.

A flush of heat prickled beneath his collar, and he tugged at it uncomfortably.

“Ah, so they’re just rumors,” he said, his tone measured.

“I’ll take my leave, then.” His gaze lingered on Elizabeth, carrying a weight of unspoken desire.

He had been too impulsive before, his eagerness driving her into Elijah’s arms.

But two years had only stoked his obsession, sharpening his hunger to possess her.

This time, he could wait.

Without another word, he turned and walked away, his steps decisive, leaving the room heavy with his unspoken intentions.

The moment Nate disappeared through the door, the forced warmth in Elizabeth’s expression vanished, replaced by icy detachment.

his concern immediately shifting to the red

tenderness now replaced with a

evidence of violence that should

ordered a thorough investigation, unearthing every

sure they wouldn’t see freedom

couldn’t extinguish the

hands on her filled him with an unrelenting

over as he shoved a set of clean

child, Elizabeth,” he

you act like one, running off recklessly the moment you get

words trailing off into an

widened in

fought

into the abyss of something unspeakable,

the danger had passed, he returned, not to

words crushed something

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