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    Marie’s lips twitched.

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    God, did this man have no shame? They had agreed from the start that this was just a deal.

    What was Derrick ying at now–pretending there was no agreement at all?

    The thought sent a chill through her. “Wait, Derrick–what do you mean? You’re not going back on our deal, are you?”

    “And what exactly would I be reneging on, Marie?”

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    His hand at her waist grew bolder, slipping under her clothes.

    Marie froze, instinctively grabbing at his wrist to stop him. But his palm slid slowly over her back, pressing and teasing.

    Her breathing grew heavier.

    “Derrick, y–you…

    did you

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    “No.”

    “…” Then what the hell was he doing?

    His breath was hot against her ear. She was straddling hisp now, her body pressed tight to his.

    His palm roamed, stoking the heat in her until her whole body burned.

    “You see?” he murmured. “You don’t hate me.”

    Her mind buzzed, something snapping inside her chest.

    “We fit together,” Derrick said softly. “Don’t you think so?”

    “W–what’s fitting about us?”

    “Of course–like that night we-”

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    Derrick’s face darkened instantly.

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    Marie’s cheeks med red. “S–someone’s here for you.”

    She scrambled off hisp, legs wobbling as if they’d lost all strength.

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    She nearly fell, catching herself at thest second before bolting for the door like a fugitive.

    Sebastian and Kale stood there. Both froze at the sight of her flushed face as she fled.

    Then Sebastian stepped into the room, only to meet Derrick’s murderous re.

    His chest tightened. “Uh… what’s going on with you two? One runs out red–faced, the other’s ck as thunder?”

    Derrick’s eyes narrowed dangerously. “Didn’t I already tell you?”

    “Tell me what?”

    “When I’m alone with her, stay the hell away.”

    Sebastian: “…”

    Seriously? They’d already been alone in there for two hours. How much farther was he supposed to stay away?

    “You mean to tell me two hours alone still wasn’t enough? I know you’ve got stamina, but she’s still a woman-

    Before he could finish, something flew at him.

    Sebastian ducked in a panic. The heavy thudnded on Kale’s head instead, making him grunt in pain.

    Sebastian clutched his own forehead in sympathy, wincing as Kale rubbed his skull.

    “Trying to murder your own brother now?”

    Derrick shot him a cutting look. “Yenli nearly roasted into a dried corpse in Muliba, you know that?b” /b

    Sebastian: “…”

    Right. Definitely not a subject he dared touch.

    “Can’t speak? Then shut your damn mouth. No social sense? Go learn some.”

    Sebastian’s lips trembled. Learn it? Wasn’t that something people were born with?

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    Derrick smirked. “No, I forgot. You’re notcking in social sense. You’recking in brains.”

    Sebastian: “…”

    This was getting worse by the second. And he couldn’t even argue back.

    “Fine, I won’t talk,” he muttered, thoroughly aggrieved.

    He honestly had no idea what he’d said to set Derrick off this badly.

    Derrick shot him onest re before lighting a cigarette. “Kale.”

    “Yes, sir.”

    “There’s a mine under Ashen Pact–the Cyren Mines.”

    Kale’s brow furrowed. “There is. But Madam Evelyn has her sights on it. She’s demanding it

    now.”

    Derrick’s eyes sharpened. “Demanding?”

    “Yes. Taking it outright,” Kale confirmed grimly.

    He had only just learned the news himself.

    It was obvious–Madam Evelyn was furious over what had been done to Marie, and she was using this to make Dan pay.

    And Cyren Mines wasn’t just anynd. It was one of Ashen Pact’s richest resources.

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