Quinn Thorne heard this and felt a sense of relief: "Not bad, at least you all have some conscience. It wasn’t in vain that I went through so much trouble to get reinforcements to save everyone. You don’t know how much I sacrificed..."
As Quinn was bragging about his achievements, he thought to himself that tomorrow he must go back to the boss to ask for some reward. He was so helpful and did so well this time, it wouldn’t make sense not to get some reward, right!
In the room. Chapters first released on novel-fire.net
The air grew increasingly hot, as if it was about to ignite at any moment. The lingering atmosphere in the room made one’s face flush with heat.
Some things were already on the verge of erupting.
However, at that moment, Elias Hawthorne suddenly pushed Raina North away.
Raina’s eyes were flushed with emotion, and suddenly losing the man’s passionate embrace, she was both confused and bewildered.
"That’s enough." Elias said, "Raina, stop it, you’re drunk."
The man’s voice wasn’t loud, yet it carried an inexplicable firmness, and his eyes, burning like flames, were filled with determination.
Raina had been drinking. He couldn’t take advantage of her.
No matter how much he wanted to.
Raina understood the meaning in Elias’s expression and also the firmness in his words.
Then, her eyes were full of shock and disbelief.
How could she believe this?
They had come this far, the arrow was already on the bowstring, just about to be released, but everything suddenly stopped.
If Elias had suddenly lost interest, that would be one thing, but it clearly wasn’t the case.
The man’s eyes and brows, even every strand of hair, were telling of desire, and the assertive thing beneath him silently assured her it wasn’t a matter of capability.
Raina was almost intolerant: "Elias, aren’t you going to explain?"
"Raina, you know, I really want you," Elias sighed, "but now is not the right time."
"Ha..." Raina sneered, "What kind of goddamn excuse is that?"
"It’s not an excuse." Elias also felt terrible.
He had actually thought about it for a long time. Heaven knows how much he wanted to devour Raina, especially now with her so willing. Making this decision was a form of self-torture.
But he was afraid that when Raina sobered up, she would hate him.
So, despite the torment, he gently stroked Raina’s hair with restraint: "Raina, I don’t want you to have regrets. Let’s wait until we find Bobby, until our family is reunited. Then..."
Then, you will never regret it.
No matter how ruthless he acted, he couldn’t bear for Raina to suffer, not even a bit.
Since knowing about Bobby’s existence, Raina thought of him constantly.
Especially after experiencing disappointment twice, she missed Bobby as if she were mad.
Apart from that bone-deep longing, Raina kept an unspoken fear.
She feared Bobby wasn’t well and that while she was unaware, her child was suffering outside.
Every time she thought of this possibility, Raina tossed and turned, unable to sleep.
She was right to worry about Bobby, even though she had never met him, he was still her flesh and blood.
But he wasn’t Elias Hawthorne’s child.
Raina knew that Elias treated Casper and Shea well, as if they were Baby, regarding them as his own, but Elias had never met Bobby.
Even if he had no feelings for Bobby or ignored him, Raina could understand. After all, even biological parents find it hard to treat all children equally.
Raina’s mind was a jumble of confusion.
She thought of everything, yet understood nothing. She had many words to say, however, when she opened her mouth, not a single word came out.