CHAPTER 262: HIS PUNISHMENT

"I am here for work affairs," Ronan said as he stepped inside the mansion.

Kade walked after him, "Must be tough on you dealing with all those oldies?"

Ronan sighed, "I have gotten used to it by now," Adrian, being the vengeful man he was, really had him dealing with every member of the King Family.

A few days ago, Ronan was summoned by one of the side branches because apparently, the elderly there was quite constipated and needed ’personal’ help in ’certain’ processes.

Just thinking about it made Ronan feel drained, "What about you? Why are you here?" He turned to Kade.

"I came here to get some help from Ella for the exams..." Kade slumped on the couch, "But now, I regret it."

Ronan chuckled as he looked at Ji Yan, "The third young master has really become diligent, huh?"

Ji Yan smiled as he vehemently nodded.

"Stop teasing me, you both!" Kade frowned, raking his fingers through his blonde hair, "I just want to get done with the exams and get on brother’s good side again. Do you know how many girls out there are starving themselves because I am not around?"

Ronan arched a brow, "More like they are missing the benefits you brought them."

"You don’t get it, Knight. A good life is not limited to university or responsibility," Kade leaned back on the couch.

"I might be doing something wrong, but what matters is, I am doing it by my own will. I am free. And that makes me happy," Kade continued.

Ronan paused. For a moment, a beautiful face crossed his mind, "If you know it is wrong, why would you still do it?"

Kade rolled his eyes, "Right or wrong is a matter of perspectives. What is right today might become wrong tomorrow. If you can take the consequences, what’s stopping you?"

Ronan pulled out his phone and scrolled down till he found an old chat.

He tapped on Ruby’s name. Unlike before, her picture was no longer visible to him after she blocked him.

"You look oddly sentimental and suspicious, Knight..." Kade looked at the man with narrowed eyes as he slowly leaned forward.

Ronan locked his phone and put it away, "What nonsense are you cooking in your head?"

Kade squinted but did not say anything eventually.

In the Master Bedroom.

Adrian did not waste any time.

The moment he stepped inside the room, he placed Ella down on her feet.

And before she could stabilize herself, he pinned her against the wall and captured her lips.

Their lips crashed onto each other’s, their lips intertwined.

A layer of sheen covered Ella’s eyes as she wrapped her arms around his neck and leaned into him, kissing him back.

Her face was tinted with a hint of red but her movements were no longer clumsy.

As their lips parted, Adrian licked her bottom lips while his hand slowly slid inside her shirt.

Ella gasped at the touch of his cold palm, "W... Wait..."

Adrian paused, briefly before his palm climbed to her bra. With a swift ’click’, he unhooked it, setting her soft mounds free.

Ella bit her bottom lips when he cupped one breast, the rough pad of his thumb pinching her nipple.

"There... There are people outside," She struggled to breathe as she spoke.

"So?" Adrian leaned in, whispering against her lips.

"What if someone... ah... comes here...?" Ella panted as he squeezed her breast roughly.

Adrian tilted his head back. Her slick lips were parted, her eyes were heavy lidded, her face was covered in a faint sheen while glowing a subtle shade of red.

Strands of her hair clung to her skin while she panted and moaned, at the slightest change of his touch.

"They won’t dare," Adrian rasped as she met his gaze, "Nobody gets to see you like this."

And before Ella could say another word, he picked her up.

Her legs instinctively coiled around his waist. As Ella looked at his solemn face, a teasing glint flickered in her eyes, ’’Why? Why does nobody gets to see me like this?"

She ran her index finger across the side of his face.

Adrian tilted his head and Ella’s breath hitched when she saw the look in his eyes.

"Baby, I..."

Before Ella could finish speaking, Adrian threw her onto the couch.

The cushions sank beneath her weight just as his body followed, hovering above her.

In one swift motion, he grabbed both her wrists and pinned them above her head with one hand.

And then he leaned in, his lips grazing hers.

Ella’s lips parted as she arched her neck, leaning towards him.

But the man pulled back, his eyes meeting hers, "Mine," He licked her lips, one hand pinning her hands above head, the other hand reaching out to cup her chin, ’’Get it?"

Ella’s heart thudded so fast that she could hear the damn organ in her ears.

She did not say anything.

The man leaning in, biting her chin.

"Ah... Y-Yes..."

The moment the word slipped from her mouth, his mouth crashed into hers, this time his kiss was hot, bruising and possessive.

Ella whimpered, caught between surprise and thrill, her back arching into him as he pressed down harder.

His hand shifted from her chin, down to her throat, before he ran it down the curve of her side, slipping beneath the waistband of her pants.

"Adrian—" she breathed, but her voice was swallowed by another punishing kiss.

He pulled back just enough to yank her pants down her thighs, letting them fall somewhere behind the couch.

His own zipper hissed open, the sharp sound cutting through the silence.

Ella bit her bottom lips when he met her gaze with a silent question in his eyes.

She wrapped her arms around his arms, arching her body towards him.

Before she could blink, he tugged her panties aside and pressed himself against her heat, bare, thick, hard.

Not inside. Just there against her. Teasing her, torturing her just as he had been doing the past few weeks.