Chapter 514: Chapter 514: Money Over Feelings (2)
Quinn Thorne felt like there was a sticky rice ball stuck in his throat; apparently, all the sincerity he poured out just now had fed the dogs.
Resigned, Quinn transferred the money.
Upon hearing the notification of the payment through Alipay, Casper North beamed and was a bit more friendly towards Quinn.
"Brother, pleasure working with you. Drop by more often." Though it was just ten million at a time, the job was easy and not life-threatening.
Having been tricked by a kid, Quinn felt an indescribable mix of emotions.
"Weren’t you just condemning me as a scumbag?"
Casper North blinked innocently, "I’m still calling you a scumbag right now, but for the sake of the cash, I can curse you in my heart."
"..." Quinn wasn’t comforted at all.
No matter what, with Casper North’s guidance, Quinn finally got to see Anya Forrest.
As for Elias Hawthorne, leaving his son behind, he took Raina North on a wild drive, remaining silent throughout, even an idiot could sense Elias was furious.
Twenty minutes later, the car stopped at an apartment.
Elias led Raina straight to the top-floor apartment with no hurdles. Almost as soon as they stepped inside, Raina was pressed against the heavy door by a powerful force.
Before Raina could let out a gasp, a heated and urgent kiss followed.
Elias had held back the entire drive, but now he unleashed the beast inside, kissing, biting, their lips and teeth tangled, Elias wished he could absorb her into his body, devour her so that she’d never flaunt in front of another man again.
Thinking of how she rushed to visit Beau Shelby after hearing he’d awakened—even though he knew, that a proud woman like her wouldn’t be motivated by leftover feelings—his intense possessiveness simply couldn’t allow her to look at Beau Shelby, not even a glance.
She belonged to him.
She belonged to Elias Hawthorne.
No man was allowed to appear in her sight.
Not even in her thoughts.
With this thought, Elias couldn’t help but intensify his grip, giving Raina a fierce bite.
Raina, in pain, couldn’t help but let out a soft moan, and her mind snapped back from the initial dizziness.
For a moment, Raina thought about retreating.
But!
In the next second, she was provoked by his challenging lips and teeth, stirring a desire to compete.
Pushing him away?
She couldn’t do it.
Nor did Raina want to.
Once upon a time, Raina suppressed her true self for family, for love, always compromising with nothing in return.
During those years of wandering abroad, Raina lived in the most dangerous black neighborhoods, tried working three jobs a day, as a single mother with a child at her heel, she was once trampled underfoot until she was taken to The Umbral Zone.
It was a place where laws and rules didn’t exist, and the only truth was strength.
For the sake of her child, she climbed her way up from the bottom, stepping on countless spines, abandoning her former weakness and incompetence, using her long-hidden talents, she rose above all others.
In the constant struggle between life and death, she was no longer that weak and easily bullied fake heiress of The North Family.
Now she was the transformed Noblewoman, Raina North.
If she didn’t like someone, she’d beat them up.
Patience? That simply didn’t exist.
Most importantly, she would never again fight against her inner instincts.
She didn’t resist Elias Hawthorne’s approach, she even liked it.
Especially the playful teasing between their lips, making Raina feel a tremor deep within her soul.
There was also an equal challenge.
She didn’t want to lose to this man in front of her!
This was the only thought in Raina’s mind.