gloomy expression and a slight

hat the bowl on the desk was half-empty and thus secretly

" Edwin looked standof

dwin's arm and leaned close to him

all his cells would surrender to its effect in less than five minutes. B

n looked as n

that the dru

s tightening. "You have one minute to get lost."

miss such a gr

nd said in a coquettish tone of voice, "No, I w

him. His face became darker, and under the lights,

d looked at Edwin in shock

man with a gloomy look in his eyes. "Otherwise, you wil

ss at risk. Thus, she had to tamp down her desires and pretend to leave, pl

e went out together, and even the gate was automatically locked wit

in the guest room upstairs, re

please h

er?" Effie instantly got

said in a weak, tearful voice, "Come and

away. Wait for me." With that, Effie ope

or one second, then promptly turned

tairs, her body was dragged into

manage to scream, h

reak free from those pair of evil hands. Her entire bod

ortion of consciousness dissolved in the

ace covered by tears and horribly pale. Somehow, his

r, which was soaked with sweat an

arth was

tim of the entire event.

woman in his father's will and t

in the will: Edwin Bennett must marry Effie Fletcher; otherwise, the comp

his father still could not forget the woman who had forced his m

ulous! It was the most a

nnett Group was n

ld he let that w

n s

l whose face was covered in tears and felt a s

ll building occurred to Edwin's mind, and all the guil

that, the man gave an icy glance at t

, sat up, and looked around in

oor was kicked o

up the vase from the t

ng, the vase fell apar