A certain man finally fell into a deep sleep, completely satisfied. Sienna Johnson, physically and ntally exhausted, couldn’t fall asleep no matter what. Adrian Desmond liked to cling to her like an octopus when he slept, which made Sienna very uncomfortable.
When she slept in this position, Sienna always had nightmares.
"What are you afraid of? I’m here, go to sleep!" Adrian slightly opened his blue-green eyes and saw that Sienna still wasn’t sleeping, thinking that she was scared.
"I feel all sticky and uncomfortable."
Sienna had an obsession with cleanliness, a trait Adrian shared, yet he was surprisingly lax about this particular matter. After their ’exercise,’ Sienna liked to bathe and sleep alone, but Adrian preferred not to. He liked to hold her close, their bodies still sticky, and only bathe after waking up.
"There’s soone in the bathroom. Even though he’s dead, I can’t let him watch you bathe." Adrian kissed her cheek and said domineeringly, "You are mine, from head to toe, even every strand of your hair."
I’m not his; I belong to myself!
"I feel hot, let go."
"No!"
Adrian seed really tired, and he fell asleep after speaking a few words with Sienna. Sienna was furious but had nowhere to vent. Uncle wasn’t a good person, and neither was Adrian. She had been captivated by his handso face lately, forgetting his wicked deeds.
Mulling over these grievances, Sienna eventually drifted off to sleep.
「In the morning.」
When Sienna woke up and saw "Uncle" standing by the bed, she almost cried out. She scanned the flawless man from head to toe and asked uncertainly, "Adrian?"
Adrian smiled at Sienna and said, "You should call Uncle!"
"Is it really you?"
"Who else do you think it could be?" Adrian adjusted the top button of his shirt—he was too fat for it to fasten properly. "If you don’t believe it, go to the bathroom and see. The genuine article is in there."
"How can your voice sound so similar?"
"Aaron gave a voice changer. It can imitate various voices."
Aaron Faber excelled in chanical and electronic devices. Many of the island’s peculiar and ingenious contraptions were his inventions. Sienna also heard from Tatu that Aaron Faber held a doctorate from Stanford University in Westoria. In Sienna’s eyes, Adrian was just a ruffian, an outlaw. Why would a high-caliber talent like Aaron Faber willingly submit to working for him?
Sienna asked, "Did you capture Aaron’s family and force him to work for you?"
Adrian stared at Sienna, discerning her thoughts. He said, "They all work for willingly. If we’re talking about coercion, I’ve only ever coerced an ungrateful woman like you! ... You have no idea how many won want to climb into my bed. Only you... are so unappreciative."
"Since I’m so unappreciative, why won’t the Sixth Master let go? As the old saying goes: ’Love between a man and a woman must be consensual; a lon plucked before its ti is never sweet.’"
Adrian’s dark eyes grew cold and profound. A hint of barely perceptible danger flashed within them as he stared at Sienna. "Are you unwilling?"
He just admitted he forced , yet when I pointed it out, he got upset.
"You are unwilling?"
Sienna knew her denial would upset Adrian, so she chose to remain silent. Adrian has his pride. If I keep rejecting him, will he eventually get tired of and let go?
His gaze scrutinized her. He spoke, his lips parting coolly, his tone carrying a danger she had never heard from him before, "I know you have a fiance, and you’re still thinking about him. Mai, you are a smart woman; you should know what you can and cannot do."
"Forget that man. Rember firmly that you are my woman, Adrian Desmond’s woman. Pleasing is your only path to happiness!"
"..."
"I can pamper you to the heavens, or I can crush you into the mire!"
An ordinary, timid woman might have submitted to Adrian’s domineering presence, but Sienna was not one of them. Deep down, Sienna was an even prouder person than Adrian. The kind of love she desired required equality at the very least, sothing Adrian couldn’t offer.
"Yes, Sixth Master!" She concealed her inherent defiance and humiliation, speaking submissively, yet her determination to escape only grew stronger in her heart.
"Don’t you love ? Dare you say you don’t truly love ?" His tone suddenly softened. Yet she felt a bone-chilling cold, as if her entire being had been plunged into an icy abyss, freezing her to the marrow.
"..."
"You don’t know how captivating you are beneath ... Mai, you love too!"
"..."
"Even if you won’t admit it!"
Sienna found this amusing. Haven’t I made it clear enough? How narcissistic can soone be to say sothing like that? Love him? It’s all I can do to hate him!
This wasn’t the ti for sentintal talk. Sienna shifted the conversation to more practical matters.
"The n outside are all Uncle’s personal bodyguards. Are you sure you can deceive them?"
"Do you think I look like him?"
"You do! But it’s just your appearance. If it’s soone familiar with him, they could penetrate your disguise through minor details."
"Before I ca, I naturally did my howork. Besides, Uncle has no one truly close to him!" Adrian finished arranging his disguise, glanced in the mirror again, had Sienna get dressed, and then led her out openly and legitimately.
At the entrance, Adrian said, "Chen Can, I’m a bit tired today and need to rest. Cancel all my social engagents."
"Chen Qi, isn’t your wife about to give birth? I’ll give you a day’s leave today, but you must be back before tomorrow morning."
Chen Qi’s eyes flashed with gratitude as he said, "Yes, Uncle!"
Adrian swept his gaze over the remaining three bodyguards and said, "I’m not going out today. If any of you have personal matters to attend to, I’ll grant you leave as well."
One of the older ones spoke up, "Uncle, I have nothing pressing. Let the others take their leave."
Adrian didn’t force them. "Alright. However, keep your distance from ! I intend to spend so private ti with Mai today. Anyone who dares to spoil my mood will lose their life!" That last sentence fully revealed Uncle’s cruel and unprincipled nature.
"Yes!"
Adrian was cold and detached with his subordinates. But when he turned to face Sienna, he wore a completely different expression—a lecherous, leering look, the very image of an old pervert. If she hadn’t known it was Adrian underneath, the sight of that piggish face would have made Sienna want to vomit. "My beauty, satisfied now? I’m not going anywhere today; I’ll stay right here and keep you company."
Sienna’s lips twitched, but she played along. "I want to go out shopping!"
"Uhm..."
Sienna grabbed his sleeve and shook it, acting spoiled. "Uncle, didn’t you say that if I stayed with you, I’d enjoy endless glory and riches? That you’d buy jewelry, buy cars... So what’s this? Now that you’ve tricked into your hands, you don’t care about anymore..."
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