In fact Elliot owned the hotel. The moment Anastasia entered the room, the man who had promised to
listen to her trapped her against the door with his blazing gaze upon her.
“Sorry, sweetheart, but I‘m not going to let you go tonight,” he apologized before pressing his lips
against hers aggressively.
She was the only person who knew how he would behave after forsaking his sophisticated and cold
image, which was shown to the public; beneath that facade lay a beast.
Still, it was early to determine who was the one in control tonight as Anastasia was the siren waiting for
her husband to take the bait.
Otherwise, she would not have let her hair down in the elevator and made eyes at him while being all
touchy by linking arms with him or leaning on him. The coy act was to display her charms to appeal to
Elliot, who was the only one who could enjoy that treatment.
One of her little entertainments after tying the knot was to see her husband being assertive; that was
why he could not hold himself back against such temptations.
However, he was oblivious of his wife‘s little ploy.
After the long and deep night came the morning.
The sunlight streamed upon a girl‘s beautiful face in the other room and woke her up. The first thing
Sophia did after opening her eyes was to look at the man next to her.
Little did she know that he had been watching her the whole time with a smile while propping himself
sideways with his arms supporting his head.
“Naughty girl.” The endearment escaped his sexy lips.
Embarrassed, she covered her face with the blanket. “No, I‘m not.”
“Well, you‘re right considering how many times you said ‘stop‘ last night.” Arthur pulled her leg when he
could.
Her face turned crimson as she dared not recall what had happened last night. Everything felt so real
since she was now sober, but she would never regret it.
It was then that his arm wrapped around her body gently and he whispered sweet nothings into her ear,
“I‘ll take responsibility for you for the rest of your life.”
She turned her head to meet at his determined gaze before smiling. “You don‘t have to be responsible
for what happened last night.”
Arthur was baffled for a moment before staring at her nervously. “Sophia, what do you mean by that?
Was last night merely a game to you?”
She blinked her beady eyes. “Can we not think about the future just yet? Let‘s focus on the present and
cherish it. I‘m satisfied as long as you‘re by my side.”
It was because she dared not think of the future, which scared her.
However, he was disheartened as he felt himself being played with; Sophia‘s cool manner had hurt
him.
“I‘m going to the bathroom for a while,” she said before getting out of bed.
He removed the blanket to get out of the bed too, but his eyes were fixated onto the red stain on the
bed. It tightened his heart and the strong resolution to take care of her surged in him.
Regardless of her attitude, he had made up his mind to be her only toy in her lifetime.
Feeling the water flowing from her head to toe, she was not sure if the droplets on her face were tears
or water.
When she came out with wet hair and reddened eyes, the hickeys on her exposed areas were visible.
A startled Arthur came over and cupped her cheeks to take a closer look at her eyes. She then hastily
lowered her head to dodge his gaze as she was afraid that he could see through her frail heart.
“What‘s wrong with your eyes? They‘re red.”
“The water must‘ve gotten into my eyes. It kinda burns.” Sophia simply glossed it over by making up an
excuse while blinking her eyes profusely.
“Let‘s go to the hospital,” he suggested.
“No.” She shook her head. “I’ll buy an eye drop later. It should be fine.”
He cupped her face again to check on her eyes as his heart ached. “Stay here. I‘ll buy one for you right
now.”
Having said that, he immediately changed his clothes and left. She did not stop him because her mind
was in a mess as well. She figured that she might as well take the time to calm herself down.
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