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Chapter 36\u00a0<\/p>\n
Xyla leaped off the couch furiously and lunged toward Lucy. \u201cHow dare you!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
They immediately began fighting. Even though one of Xyla\u2019s limbs was out of commission, she still put up a fierce fight.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The two women clawed and scratched at each other. Scarlet watched speechlessly before getting up and walking toward the catering table to pick out some food.\u00a0<\/p>\n
There were only cold foods laid out on the long table. Scarlet picked some out and placed them on her plate. A man next to her asked, \u201cDo you have a sweet tooth?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He was the one who had pinched the back of Scarlet\u2019s hand just now.\u00a0<\/p>\n
However, without further evidence, Scarlet had no way of knowing whether or not he actually had bad intentions. She politely replied, \u201cYeah.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She continued filling up her plate.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Blaine Wright stood next to her, unmoving. \u201cYou look even prettier than the last time I saw you, Ms. Benson.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlet couldn\u2019t help but look at Blaine again, but she couldn\u2019t remember ever seeing him before. \u201cHave we met?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, but it was a while back, so it\u2019s fine if you don\u2019t remember me,\u201d Blaine said, smiling politely. \u201cWe met when you and Mr. Cooper were watching the meteor shower at Lumine Mountain.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlet remembered Lumine Mountain very well.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She and William had still been on good terms back then. The weather was starting to become warm, and one day, William brought up that the Perseid meteor shower was happening that night. Lumine Mountain was the best viewpoint, so he brought her up the mountain to camp there.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlet did remember someone greeting William there, but it was just a brief interaction, so she didn\u2019t remember much\u00a0<\/p>\n
about it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She didn\u2019t even remember much of the actual meteor shower. All she remembered was the mingling of their warm, wet breaths inside their spacious tent.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He had said he wanted to show her the meteor shower, but ended up pinning her down on the soft mattress inside their tent. They only realized the meteor shower was happening when they heard gasps and exclamations of awe coming from outside\u00a0<\/p>\n
their tent.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She pushed William lightly. \u201cThe meteor shower is here.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
William kissed the fine mist of sweat on her neck. \u201cIf you close your eyes now, you can make a wish.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlet didn\u2019t have much to wish for, so she murmured, \u201cI\u2019ll wish for both of us to come to watch the meteor shower when it happens again.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
William hummed in response. \u201cThen, I\u2019ll wish for us to do this again the next time we watch the meteor shower.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He practically breathed his wish into Scarlet\u2019s ear, causing her ears to turn bright red as she smacked him. \u201cWhat\u2019s your problem?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her palm was soft, and there was barely any energy in her attack. To William, it felt like flirting.\u00a0<\/p>\n
William chuckled and kissed her gently. \u201cYou\u2019re so easy to tease.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
In the end, she didn\u2019t catch even a glimpse of the meteor shower. Since their original plan was to watch the meteor shower, they hadn\u2019t brought any forms of protection, but William still\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Chapter 36\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Scarlet had been paranoid for a few days after that. She was terrified that something irreversible had taken place and only relaxed when her period started on time the next month.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her ears burned bright red at the thought of their past shameful acts.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat a coincidence,\u201d she said, doing her best to act nonchalant as she picked up a small piece of cake.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Blaine stared at her red ears. His eyes glinted strangely as they began to travel downward, lingering on the curves below her\u00a0<\/p>\n
waist.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlet didn\u2019t notice anything since she was looking down, but William could see Blaine\u2019s greedy stares perfectly from where he was standing in the garden.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He began to speak faster and more impatiently on the phone.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHe wants a way in with Bova Capital, but he\u2019s also trying to get favors with the secretary\u2019s nephew? He needs to remember his place. Tell Mr. Watson that I never settle for being the second choice. Either he makes us the lead underwriter and names a price I\u2019m satisfied with, or we\u2019ll stop working with him.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He then hung up and walked back inside.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Blaine picked up a glass of liquor and handed it to Scarlet. \u201cThis fruit wine isn\u2019t bad. It\u2019s sweet but not cloying. Give it a taste.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlet replied, \u201cThanks, but I\u2019m good.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Instead of putting the liquor away, Blaine began staring directly at her. \u201cDo you only drink whatever your husband gives you?\u00a0<\/p>\n
11\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlet began feeling uncomfortable under his gaze, but she didn\u2019t know exactly why. She quietly stepped aside. \u201cI have to go to work tomorrow.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s just some fruit wine. It won\u2019t do a thing,\u201d he said, pushing the glass toward her stubbornly. In a joking tone, he said, Do you think I drugged it? Don\u2019t worry. Your husband\u2019s right there. I wouldn\u2019t dare.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
His words made Scarlet extremely uncomfortable. Blaine made it sound like the only reason he didn\u2019t drug her was that he was afraid of William, not because it was illegal and shouldn\u2019t be done.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlet frowned. The fine hair on her arms was standing up.\u00a0<\/p>\n
At that very moment, William pushed open the glass door and walked in.\u00a0<\/p>\n
His steady stride added to his strong presence, making it hard to ignore him. The chilling air around him practically brought the temperature down as he stalked toward Scarlet. He placed a warm, firm hand on her waist and gently pulled her toward him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
11\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0 Chapter 36\u00a0 1\/2\u00a0 Chapter 36\u00a0 Xyla leaped off the couch furiously and lunged toward Lucy. \u201cHow dare you!\u201d\u00a0 They […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-end-of-the-contractstart-of-his-obsession"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":170,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144\/revisions\/170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}