Chapter 26
No way. Why would Benedict be here?
Benedict was equally stunned when Janelle appeared. His cold gaze swept across her body, and he was clearly skeptical
“Why are you here?”
For some reason, he always felt a sense of familiarity with her. They had only met a few times, yet the feeling was vivid and unmissable every single
encounter
Naturally, Janelle was shocked to the core. Wasn’t this the room Tiffany had booked? Just why would her nemesis show up inside her room?
In total disbelled, she flipped the key card repeatedly, only to confirm that the number matched the room number–8866-
She looked up. This time, it was her turn to be skeptical. “Why are you here, Benedict?”
How did he get into the hotel room that Tiffany had reserved? Could he have targeted her all along? Had this whole setup been an ambush?
The fact that he had targeted her in Valoria meant she wouldn’t stand a chance of escaping.
A cold smirk formed on Benedict’s lips. “This is my room, Janelle. I wasn’t even looking for you, but here you are, plotting and scheming to show up before me, just to act clueless!”
Janelle froze, seeing the mockery in his eyes. His room? Could the front desk have messed up and given Tiffany the wrong card? If that were true, how ridiculously unlucky was she?
She pursed her lips, then suddenly curled them into an apologetic smile. “Oh, snap, Mr. Fletcher! I just realized I’ve got the wrong room. I’m so sorry for disturbing your rest:Goodbye!”
With that, she turned around and prepared to flee.
But before she could, Benedict seized her wrist. In the next heartbeat, he pulled her into his room and pinned her against the wall. Though the lights in the room were warm, they didn’t melt the coldness cloaked around his figure. His sharply defined features were cas unreadable under the glow.
were cast in shadow,
like a revolving door.”
up to his d
door like a gift–wrapped
“You think you can just show up at my door and leave like nothing happened? This isn’t somewhere you can treat like It was perfect that she was here anyway. That way, he wouldn’t have to look frantically for her anymore. Faced with his dangerous gaze, Janelle felt every internal alann go off at once. Seriously? She just had to waltz right up surprise?
Benedict was the land of man who never let a grudge go. After slapping through his fingers again and again and bruising his pride each time, there was no way he would let her off easily.
Janelle put on a calm front, but her heart was pounding. “Mind your manners, Mr. Fletcher. All I did was stumble upon “Surely, you’re not trying to coerce me into something dirty behind closed doors, given the world–class icon that you are, right? If word gets out, your
the wrong room.
Tipulation is doomed.”
If Benedics had truly intended to do something dirty to her, then her chances of escaping were close to… nil.
Janelle tried softening her stance and reasoning with him, but he had no intention of letting her nit.
A cold curl tugged at the comers of his tempting lips. “You’re delusional if you think your story is going to buy you entered the wrong room, then accused me of trying something dirty.
“Tell me
—what game are you playing by trying to get near me?”
Despite Janelle’s struggle, she couldn’t move an inch under his grasp.
What on earth did he grow up eating? She had trained in martial arts yet couldn’t even shake him.
you a way out. You claimed to have
Though helpless, she could only persist in her interior act, “I swear this has all been a misunderstanding, Mr. Fletcher. I did get into the wrong room by mistake, and.. if you don’t want to see me, I can leave now.
Benedict didn’t believe a word coming from her mouth. Velmont Hotel had countless rooms, and what were the odds that she wond room he was in “by mistake“?
dwalk into the very
He lowered his gare, his fingertip gliding across her silly neck, but his voice was laced with danger. “Leave? Sure, I’ll do that once you tell me where Taylor Presley is. Otherwise”
The trailed off without tanishing his words.
