"..." Raina North’s temple throbbed violently. She leaped up from the sofa and heavily pounded on Pip Finch’s head, gritting her teeth and angrily saying, "Shut up!"
Pip Finch let out a miserable yelp, and seeing that Raina North was about to hit him again, he scrambled away in a hurry and ran off. As he dashed out, he saw Elias Hawthorne coming in, carrying a cup of hot milk.
Pip Finch couldn’t help but pause his steps, looking at Elias Hawthorne with hesitation, and after quite a while, he finally spoke, "Well, you see, my buddy Orion’s temper isn’t great, but he’s a good guy. Sometimes he doesn’t mean it, it’s just that temptations are too many, and he inevitably makes the mistakes every man does. You really should give him a few more chances."
Just as he finished speaking, he saw Raina North walking over.
Like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, Pip Finch shot off into the distance.
Elias Hawthorne: "..."
He seemed to see sympathy in Pip Finch’s eyes...
It was then that Raina North also came running out, "What did Pip Finch just say to you?"
Elias Hawthorne unhurriedly repeated it.
Upon hearing this, Raina North was instantly furious, "That brat needs a spanking every three days!"
As she spoke, she rolled up her sleeves and was about to chase after him, but as soon as she lifted her foot, Elias Hawthorne stopped her, "Raina, let it go, why argue with a kid."
"I care, and I do want to argue." Raina North was clearly annoyed, giving Elias Hawthorne a sidelong glance, "What? You want to stop me?"
"Yes, I want to stop you." Seeing Raina’s eyebrows raised, Elias Hawthorne wasn’t in a hurry. He smiled slightly, reached out his arms, and pulled her into his embrace. His thin lips brushed against her ear, hot breath spraying as he whispered lowly into her ear, "If you go to admonish Pip Finch, how will you keep me company? Raina, we’ve been apart for too long. Now, I just want to be with you."
Raina North couldn’t help but pause, the anger in her heart dissipating like a balloon that had been pricked, vanishing with a hiss. ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ novel{f}ire.net
That night, Elias Hawthorne did not leave.
When Raina North heard this, she was instantly alarmed, "No! You can’t stay!"
Though she wasn’t too concerned about her reputation and such, that didn’t mean she would agree to let Elias Hawthorne stay.
This man was like a hungry wolf now, and at the slightest wrong move, he might just devour her, and she wasn’t ready for that.
Elias Hawthorne sighed helplessly, "Rest assured, tonight I definitely won’t do anything. Raina, you are the person I treasure the most, I don’t want to wrong you."
Raina North paused slightly, ceasing her struggle.
She trusted Elias Hawthorne.
She didn’t know what the future would bring, what the road ahead would be like, but at this moment, in this instant, she was willing to trust Elias Hawthorne.
Elias Hawthorne gently cradled Raina North, who was obediently nestled in his arms, and carried her to the bed, his large hand soothingly stroking her back as if coaxing a child.
Raina North, who had been highly strung for days, only realized how exhausted she was once she relaxed, and under his comforting presence, she gradually closed her eyes.
In the space between sleep and wakefulness, Raina North kept hearing that hoarse, magnetic voice calling her name.
That voice was like a dense spider web, enveloping her completely, and she, like a little bug caught accidentally, seemed utterly unable to escape.