“Andrew!” Leilani threw a pillow with embroidered gold threads at him. It hit the wounded shoulder. Andrew was in so much pain that he gasped.
Andrew totally deserved it as far as Leilani was concerned. She picked up a book from the table to throw at him again. Andrew raised up his arms to cover his face.
“I’m telling the truth.”
The book Leilani held stopped in the air. At first, she didn’t believe a word Andrew said. But she turned suspicious. In Mr. Bamford’s eyes, it didn’t matter who she was with as long as the man wasn’t Waylen.
“You look…shocked?” Andrew held up himself on the couch. He turned aside and suddenly leaned upon her. He stopped when his face was less than 3 cm from hers.
Leilani was a bit shocked. She stepped back subconsciously. The book in her hand was taken away by Andrew.
So he wanted to take the book.
Leilani felt released.
Andrew looked upset. He was sick and became thinner. It made the frame between his eyes and eyebrows deeper. His flirtatious eyes just started at Leilani. The mard underneath his eyes made him look s.e.xier.
If it were other women, they would be tempted to fall in love with him.
Leilani stepped back.
“Aren’t you…”
“Mentally unhealthy?” Andrew finished what Leilani wanted to say. He also scooched back.
“Leilani, I promise you that I won’t force you nor lie to you. If I break the promise, feel free to hit me.”
Then he put the book back in Leilani’s hands.
Leilani was completely lost. At first, he said he was locked in here. Then he said Mr. Bamford was touched and decided to let them be together. What did he mean?
Leilani didn’t know another tall and handsome man was brought to the room next door by the maid.
Tinder and Waylen were ordered to change their rooms. For Waylen, it was a new place to drown his sorrows in alcohol.
“Sir, the lunch was brought–” The meals were brought on time three times each day. Tinder put the food tray on…
Tinder was searching for a place to leave the meal. Maybe Waylen would suddenly have an appetite.
Looking around, Tinder found the room was not different in structure from the room they were in before. The only difference was the old room had a television set and television across the couch.
But this room didn’t have either. The wallpapers were beige with carvings and prints. There was nothing on the empty wall. It wasn’t like Mr. Bamford to leave the wall empty.
There must be something else. Indeed.
The wall is turned into a translucent glass.
On the other side of the wall, Tinder couldn’t be more surprised. He shouted.
“Sir, Sir, it’s Mr. Bamford!”
Waylen suddenly woke up from a daze. He seemed to have a switch inside his body. Once it was turned on, he looked like he never drank.
He got up from the couch and walked to the wall.
“Leilani!”
He cried out. Then he was frozen when he saw another man on the couch.
Why was Andrew here?
Andrew was everywhere. Wherever they were, there he was.
Damn it!
Andrew clenched his hands into fists and came at the wall.
“Leilani! Damn! Shit!”
Why was the glass so hard? Waylen looked down to look for anything that could break the glass. He finally went for the wine bottle…
It hit the wall and was broken into scrubs. But the glass wall remained intact.
Waylen suddenly realized it was a smart glass. There must be a PDLC film made of special material in the glass to make it solid and hard. Even a hammer couldn’t break it.
It also had functions of blocking UV rays and reducing noises. Waylen could only see what was going on in the next room. Leilani and Andrew had no idea they were being watched. They could hear nothing.
So Mr. Bamford wanted him to say they were together.
Or did Mr. Bamford want to torture him since he could do nothing?
Damn!
Waylen kicked at the glass wall as hard as he could. But it remained intact. In the next room, Andrew suddenly bent over to approach Leilani. He could only see the back of Andrew’s head. Was he kissing Leilani?!
Waylen kept kicking at the glass. He didn’t care at all the pain his feet had to take. In the next room, it was so quiet that they could hear each other’s breath.
Leilani held the pillow. She was still in shock. She seldom did it. But she was confused at the moment.
“Tell me again what you just said.”
Andrew slightly squinted. His eyes were long and narrow. Leilani’s surprised look, and the way her rosy lips were apart were so tempting. Leilani licked her lips with her tongue tip. She came to him with the book in her hand.
“Don’t give me a disgusting look. Tell me!”
“Leilani, I know a secret. Men who fall in love with you are prone to be tortured. Okay, okay. Are you sure you want to stay on top of me on the couch?”
Leilani came at Andrew to knock his head with the book. Andrew lay down on the couch. Leilani didn’t have time to change the position. Now she was on top of Andrew. Her wrist was in Andrew’s hands.
“I’m telling you I can take you away as long as I spend the night with you.”
“That’s impossible!” Leilani got off Andrew’s hands. She sat up.
“It can’t be that simple. If it is, why should we wait till tomorrow?”
Leilani suddenly thought of the screen she saw this morning. She walked up to it. Why would Mr. Bamford show her the video where Waylen was shot multiple times and bled out in Mr. Bamford’s room?
What was the connection?
“It’s true.”
“How did he promise you? Tell me everything, including every detail…”
“I brought a chess set and chess pieces made of precious jade to visit him. I played chess with him. He was so happy and let me take you away,” Andrew would never tell Leilani he lost two games. It wasn’t lying. It was selective information concealment.
“That’s it?”
“Or else, what do you think?”
Leilani looked at Andrew. He didn’t look like lying. Besides, he didn’t have to tell her such a lame lie.
As Leilani was wondering, there was knocking on the door. The maids brought meals.
Andrew walked over as he said.
“We are only two orange jumpsuits away from being prisoners.”
Leilani couldn’t help smiling. This place was indeed a prison. They had no freedom to leave the door. But at least the food was good.
To her surprise, the maid didn’t leave immediately. She opened the door and pushed a food wagon followed by dozens of bodyguards…
“Mr. Clifford, Miss Leilani, the lunch is ready. Mr. Bamford said Mr. Clifford is our distinguished guest. So we get you the best bottle of wine, ” then she put various dishes on the dining table. The wine has been sobered up and opened.
The maid left the room and said.
“Bon appetit.”
Andrew walked over to the table. He picked the bottle up and sniffed.
“It’s Chateau Lafite with the year of 1787. Mr. Bamford is too generous to us. Do you hear what he said? He said I’m a distinguished guest.”
Andrew couldn’t help feeling superior.
Leilani leaned against the wall. She was still trying to find the connection between these things. But Andrew mentioned something about wine, so she asked.
“Really? I hear, in the spirit of humanity, prisoners on the death penalty would get the best meal before the execution,” then she looked at Andrew like he was one.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.
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