Adina threw the draft paper into the shredder and swept the pieces into the trash can.
While she thought of a reason to go to Winters Corporation tomorrow, she heard the sound of a car
entering the courtyard.She did not even bother to put on slippers as she walked barefoot to the
balcony.She drew the curtain away and looked out.
It was a familiar black car, and a recognizable figure got out of the car.
He was back! And he was actually holding a bouquet of flowers.
Adina looked away.She immediately walked back to the bedroom and poured some water from the
bedside table in her hand.
Not long after, the sound of footsteps slowly grew louder, and someone gently pushed the room door
open.
Earl looked through the gap in the door and saw Adina with her head lowered.She was sitting on the
edge of the bed and holding a tissue while wiping the corners of her eyes.
Meanwhile, there was a stack of used tissues on the bedside table.It looked like she had been crying
for a long time.
"Ahem!"
The man coughed hard.
Adina raised her head, as though she was shocked before she threw a pillow at him.
"Get out!"
Earl caught the pillow and looked at the woman.Her eyes were red, as well as watery, and tears kept
streaming down her face.
He thought that this woman was only tough and indifferent.He did not expect her to be capable of
feeling sad and crying.He felt like his heart had been stung by a little bug.
Earl pushed the door open and walked in before he handed her the roses that he had hidden behind
his back.
"Alright, you can stop being angry.I bought you flowers to apologize.Please forgive me."
Adina looked at the flowers.
Disgust filled her eyes, but she managed to suppress it in time.She used the tissue to block the
emotions in her eyes as she bit her bottom lip and spoke sadly.
"Are you trying to appease me with a bouquet of flowers? Do you want me to pretend as if nothing
happened with just some flowers? Duke Winters, don’t you think you're insulting me?"
She picked up another pillow and threw it at him again.For some reason, Earl suddenly liked her being
this way.
She was lively and temperamental like an orchid blooming in autumn.
He caught the pillow and slowly walked up to the bed before he sat next to the woman.
His voice was hoarse.
"Nothing happened between me and Catherine, and we won't see each other again.What will it take for
you to forgive me?"
When he spoke, his hot breath hit Adina’s face, and it nearly drove her to leave at that instant.She took
a deep breath.
"Are you really not going to see Catherine anymore?"
"Yes, we won't see each other anymore."
Earl held her hand.
"It’s my fault.I'll live a good life with you."
He did not want to relive those days when he killed people, hid from people, and felt anxious.He
wanted stability, light, and warmth.
Even if all of that did not belong to him, he still wanted to despicably possess them.
Earl gradually moved his hand from Adina’s wrist to her shoulder, pinching it discreetly.
Meanwhile, his other hand moved down from her back, stroking her waist and slowly approaching her
butt...
An extremely strong sense of disgust welled up in her stomach.
Without even thinking about it, she got up abruptly.
Her knees hit the bedside table, and the cup on it broke.
When Earl suddenly lost his grip on her, his expression darkened.He had lived like a hyena for so many
years, but he had been the alpha.He never lowered his status to please anyone.
He had bought flowers and apologized for the first time, but this woman was so ungrateful! He
unleashed his intense aura without any cover, and Adina clenched her fists.
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