CHAPTER 352: CAN’T EVEN LIE

U-Uh...

Brandon quickly pulled back and sat on the bed while Charlotte also hurriedly composed herself, adjusting her disheveled clothes and tucking a strand of hair from her face.

"Big Sister..."

Snapping out of her shock, Elize glanced between them and frowned slightly "I just leave both of you alone for one night and..."

She gestured vaguely at the bed, "This is what I walk into?"

Charlotte moved to sit on the bed and shook her head like an innocent child "No, Big Sister... it is not what you think it is."

Eh? Brandon smiled dryly in his heart ’She saw us clearly... how can you explain that?’

"Mosquito."

Huh? Brandon blinked in surprise and turned to Charlotte ’Mosquito?’

Elize raised an eyebrow in confusion "What mosquito?"

Showing the marks on her neck, Charlotte spoke, "That’s... from last night. Some mosquitoes were biting me, creating all these marks."

Brandon: -_-

Elize: -_-

’She sucks at lying...’ x2 They both thought in unison.

Elize’s lips twitched, laughing in her heart, but she managed to show a frown "Hmm, so it was mosquitoes that caused all those ’hickey like’ marks on your neck?"

Charlotte nodded her head, keeping her innocent face "Yes, Big Sister."

She nudged Brandon, who was sitting beside her "Tell her..."

Uh? He awkwardly nodded his head. "Oh... yeah, mosquito bites. Big ones and very persistent."

Elize tilted her head in confusion "Ohh, then what were you doing on top of her, pressing your face on her neck?"

Charlotte: (;° ロ°)

She panicked a little and hurriedly spoke "It’s just... Kael told me that they look like hickey marks, so to test that, he was trying to give me a real hickey to check if they match or not..."

"We were just... joking... around."

Elize was amused to hear this "So you were comparing mosquito bites with hickey marks... by re-enacting them?"

She then turned to Brandon and asked "So big boy, what about you... Are they mosquito bites for you too?" she asked sweetly.

Huh? He was puzzled to hear this "What do you mean?"

Pointing to his neck, she asked "I meant those ’mosquito marks’ on your neck."

What?

Raising his hand, he caressed his neck ’There are marks on my neck too?’

He turned his head to Charlotte, who just glanced away.

His eyebrows twitched, and he leaned toward her to whisper "Big Sister..."

Charlotte whispered back quickly "Sorry Kael, when you were biting me last night... to get back at you, I also bit you. Play along with me."

Brandon: (ー_ーゞPlay along with you? Elize definitely knows.

’This woman...’

Caressing his neck, he spoke "Same mosquitoes..."

Elize’s lips twitched as she tried to control her laughter "I see, so in a five-star deluxe suite like this... You both got bitten by mosquitoes, especially on your neck."

Charlotte shrugged "It could happen; it’s possible."

"Could it?" Elize sauntered closer, leaning down to inspect Charlotte’s neck.

"These ’mosquitoes’ have teeth, apparently. And a very specific taste for Empyrean Class skin."

Brandon groaned, flopping back to the bed "You are terrible at lying, Big Sister."

A blush crept on Charlotte’s cheeks, and she suddenly ’remembered ’ something "Ah, that reminds me... I am in a hurry. I should leave soon."

"Hey-"

Before Elize could say anything, Charlotte rushed out of the room to the nearby bathroom.

Giggling under her breath, she turned to Brandon and slapped his ass "So young man, how did the date go?"

Rubbing the sore spot on his ass, he glanced up "It went well..."

His eyes flicked to the bathroom door, then back to Elize, who was now climbing onto the bed with the grace of a panther.

"Is that so?" Elize murmured, and she stretched out beside him in the bed, propping herself on one elbow.

Before he could process, she leaned down and bit his neck, right over one of Charlotte’s earlier marks, before sucking lightly, leaving a fresh, blooming hickey.

Brandon’s breath hitched. "Elize..."

She licked the newly marked spot, and Brandon let out a low chuckle as his hand slid lower, boldly squeezing the curve of her ass through her fitted shorts.

"You’re trouble sometimes..." Brandon muttered, his chuckle deepening as he grabbed the hem of her shorts before pulling them down her hips.

The fabric slid over her smooth skin, revealing the delicate lace of her panties, and he lowered it too, exposing the bare curve of her ass to the morning light.

"Hngh..."

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A few more minutes passed, and Charlotte stepped out of the bathroom wearing a high-collared black blouse along with her cloak, effectively concealing the hickeys.

She paused in the doorway and glanced at Brandon, lying on the bed with his head resting comfortably in Elize’s lap.

A soft sigh escaped her lips, and she walked to the bed "Kael, Big Sister... I will check out and leave the hotel."

"You guys should leave too."

Elize nodded her head "Hmm."

Charlotte glanced at Brandon and her gaze softened as she reached out to gently caress his cheek "Take care of yourself, Kael."

He sat up and gently held her hand "You too, big Sister."

"Hmm."

As she left, Elize glanced down at Brandon "Come on dear, let’s leave."

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The steam-filled bathroom was glistening faintly with the scent of lavender-infused soap and the faint crispness of shampoo.

"Haa..."

A soft sigh escaped Brandon’s lips, which was barely audible over the gentle trickle of water from the faucet.

He is sitting naked on the low stool with his dark hair falling into his eyes and his shoulders slumped slightly.

Behind him, Elize was sitting naked on a matching stool, her long hair cascading in wet waves down her back, clinging to her skin.

In her hands, a bar of creamy lavender soap lathered into rich suds, and she worked it across his skin with loving care.

She shifted closer, her bare breasts pressing lightly against his back as her hands glided to his chest, circling his pectorals.

Suds trailed down his sternum, pooling in the valleys of his abdomen, and she followed them with her fingers, tracing the defined lines of his abs.

She lifted one of his hands, her soapy fingers intertwining with his as she washed between them and her thumb rubbed gentle circles into his palm, then along each knuckle.

But as her hands moved, she noticed the distant gaze in his eyes.

"Is something bothering you, sweetie?" Elize paused and cupped his jaw to turn his face toward her.

"Hm?" Brandon lowered his gaze for a moment, blinking as if pulled from a dream.

He let out another soft sigh as his shoulders relaxed under her touch "Nothing... It’s just about Charlotte."

Elize’s expression softened further, a knowing smile curving her lips as she resumed her gentle washing.

She leaned in, resting her chin lightly on his shoulder, "What about her, darling?"

"Her... other personalities. For the time being, it’s ok... but what if Jiyeon’s situation happens again?"

Upon hearing this, Elize’s gaze condensed "First of all, Kael... you need to know that the other personalities of Charlotte didn’t come out of nowhere; they’re the manifestation of her restrained desires."

Huh...

Brandon’s eyes narrowed slightly "Elize..."

She smiled faintly and caressed the scar on his back "You remember how you got this?"

Remembering it, he smiled dryly "Well, back then I was a silly kid, jumping in front of a dog to save my sister."

With a nod, Elize muttered "For you, it might be a small thing... but for Charlotte, it changed everything."

Hearing this his gaze narrowed further, and she asked "You know what she did the next day after you got bitten by the dog?"

"What did she do?"

With a chuckle, Elize spoke "She took a metal rod and walked straight to the owner of the dog’s house."

"She beat the owners of the dog to a pulp and almost killed them for raising such a dangerous dog and also letting it out in the streets."

"God, people had to stop her... if not, she would have killed them that day."

Ehhhhhhh

Brandon blinked in surprise, as he didn’t know this had happened.

What the hell...