Chapter 286: Chapter 286

Clearly, she had only returned to Veridia City for three days.

Eleanor Sterling felt as if she had endured a long passage of time.

She went back to the hotel suite Liam Keene had booked, and upon opening the door to find it completely dark, she breathed a sigh of relief.

Now she didn’t know how to face Alaric Faulkner, it was best if they never met again.

Eleanor closed the door behind her, just changed into her slippers, and walked inside.

Suddenly, her waist tightened, a large hand grabbed her, and before she could react, scorching breath rushed at her, accompanied by a frantic, urgent kiss upon her lips.

Eleanor was momentarily panicked but soon recognized that familiar scent and quickly reacted.

It was Alaric Faulkner.

He was waiting for her here at the hotel.

Although Alaric had often pressed his dominating kisses on her before, it had never been .

The kiss was intensely aggressive, faintly tasting of blood.

Eleanor realized that she had unknowingly adapted to Alaric’s assertiveness.

"Mmph..." She immediately resisted, trying to push him away.

Alaric lifted his head, the darkness in his eyes like an unfathomable abyss, tightly fixating on her.

This moment, Eleanor knew he might have already found out about the matter of the appraisal.

Of course, with Alaric’s thunderous methods, how could he not have found out?

"Do you know now?" she asked.

Alaric lowered his head and began kissing her neck.

Eleanor was speechless, knowing the matter yet daring to act ? Was Alaric out of his mind?

"You know that Estelle Sterling is Jasper Faulkner’s child, you know I bore Jasper Faulkner’s... Ugh!"

Eleanor’s urgent words were interrupted by Alaric.

He had lightly bitten her neck, as if punishing her for saying something he didn’t like to hear.

Eleanor exploded in anger, scolding, "Are you a dog?"

"Bite back at me? Any place on my body is available."

When he said "any place," his eyes darkened, carrying an indescribable meaning.

Eleanor gave him a sidelong glance and said, "Behave yourself."

Alaric responded with a low murmur.

He didn’t release Eleanor, as if by holding her tight, he could completely categorize her within his domain.

Eleanor took a deep breath and closed her eyes.

"We shouldn’t be ; let’s keep our distance in the future."

Alaric’s posture paused, his aura seemed to plunge into icy snow.

He looked at Eleanor seriously and said, "Eleanor Sterling, I’ll give you two choices."

Eleanor met his gaze, filled with passion and obsession that made her not dare to look any longer.

She slightly shifted her gaze, "What choices?"

Eleanor chuckled bitterly, this option was unlikely.

"What’s the second?" she asked.

"The second..." Alaric paused for a moment, his gaze deep, pinching her chin, forcing her to look at him.

"The second option, go crazy with me, let’s be together ignoring others’ views."

Thus, there weren’t really two choices, only one!

Eleanor definitely wouldn’t choose it, she let out a cold snort, "Sorry, I can’t do that, I don’t want little Star to suffer everyone’s condemnation."

The name "illegitimate child" already weighed heavily on him. ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ novel※fire.net

How could Eleanor, because of her own desires, let him fall into scorn and condemnation again?

Seeing Alaric’s obsessive demeanor, Eleanor made a firm decision.

Perhaps he needed some stimulus to truly let go.