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Chapter 321 Like A Lamb At His Mercy
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Since it was a blackout caused by a malfunction, Shirley could eliminate the possibility of the
Stewart family trying to murder her.
With a slight sigh of relief, Shirley slowly moved her hand away from Braden’s neck and
subconsciously wanted to distance herself from him.
Unexpectedly, he suddenly wrapped his iron-like arm around her waist forcefully, causing their
bodies to press against each other tightly.
Startled, Shirley froze, not daring to move at all. She stammered, “What … do you mean?”
Braden was silent. He wrapped his other hand around her waist like he was hugging a large furry
doll.
Shirley was flustered. She struggled and warned, “Braden, don’t take advantage of the dark to act
like a rogue. Let me go, or you’ll be sorry!”
“Don’t move!”
Braden hugged her even tighter, like a koala holding a tree.
“You’re pushing me. It seems you don’t want your arm anymore, so I…”
Shirley slowly exerted force and was about to kick Braden away when she heard the sound of
sobbing.
Braden was crying!
Shirley immediately quieted down. She was stunned as if seeing an alien picking its nose. This was
too abnormal!
“What’s… what’s wrong?”
She asked cautiously out of curiosity.
“You probably don’t know. I was traumatized. The dark reminds me of my brother’s death. I get
nervous and urgently need comfort. Otherwise… the consequences will be very serious.”
Braden whispered to her in a choked voice.
Really?
Shirley was skeptical and asked, “How serious will it be?”
“I’ll be short of breath. My heart will beat faster. I’ll die from the failure of my internal organs.”
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Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtThe words were exaggerated, but no one doubted them when they came from the aloof Braden.
Shirley didn’t dare to move, letting Braden hold her, and whispered, “In that case… this is the best
chance for me to take your life.”
Braden tightened his arms, wishing he could embed Shirley into his body.
Like a cat, he rubbed the tip of his high nose against Shirley’s earlobe. He said in a low voice, “I already
said so. If you want, go ahead.”
In the dark, they could feel their breaths on each other’s skin.
They couldn’t see each other’s faces, so Braden didn’t know that Shirley’s face was red like a peach
blossom right now.
Just like that, the two of them quietly hugged each other. It seemed odd but also reasonable.
“Who are the people you just asked me for?”
Braden’s magnetic voice rang out in the dark.
Only then did Shirley remember what she had come for. She tensed up and asked aggressively with a
frown, “You really don’t know, or are you pretending?”
“If I knew anything, I’d tell you frankly. I wouldn’t play dumb. Or… did you hide something from me?”
Braden’s reply was impeccable. He even asked Shirley a trick question.
“It’s dark here, and our posture is too strange. As you said, this will have a bad impact on us. Let’s go out
first.”
Shirley fumbled for her phone, intending to use the flashlight to walk toward the door.
The Stewart family was rich. Their study room was as large as the house of an ordinary family. It was
hard to reach the door in the dark.
When Shirley took out her phone, she saw the message and video sent by May.
“Ms. Wilson, I couldn’t reach you on your phone. Come back quickly. Bennett and Alisha are home. They
are fine. Don’t worry.”
In the video, Bennett and Alisha were happily showing her a cake.
To avoid arousing Braden’s suspicion, Shirley only watched part of the video silently before quickly
turning it off.
With the flashlight on her phone, Shirley broke free from Braden and came to the door. When she
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turned the door lock, she found that she couldn’t open it.
“Damn, why can’t I open it? What’s going on?”
Shirley tried for a long time in vain.
Before she knew it, Braden was already behind her. He said as if nothing had happened, “Don’t
waste your energy. This lock automatically recognizes faces. Since the circuit is faulty, I figure the system
has broken down too. It has stopped running…
“You mean…”
“That’s right. The door won’t open until the power is back on.”
Shirley was taken aback. “What? If the blackout lasts till the next morning, I’ll have to stay here with
you all night?”
“It’s OK. It’s just one night. I can endure it.”
Braden was very calm. He didn’t look as weak and helpless as before when he had sobbed and
needed comfort!
Shirley felt that she had been tricked. But on the other hand, she didn’t think Braden would do that.
“Didn’t you say you were traumatized and that your heart would race and you’d be short of breath and
die from the failure of your internal organs?”
She voiced her doubts.
“As long as you give me a hug, I can overcome it. I meant I could stand you.”
Shirley couldn’t believe her ears.
She rolled her eyes. “But I can’t stand you. I must go out!”
She wanted to use the torch on her phone to pry open the door lock.
In the end, her phone ran out of battery and automatically turned off.
The study was pitch-black again.
“Damn it!”
Shirley reached out to fumble everywhere as if she had lost her sight, trying to grab the door handle and
then force the door open.
In the end… she seemed to have caught something odd.
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“Ahem, what… do you mean?”
Braden didn’t dare to move and asked awkwardly.
“I want to grab the door handle. Why does it feel a little strange?”
Like a fool, Shirley squeezed it.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm“Damn! Is it your…?”
When she realized what it was, she quickly let it go as if she had been electrocuted.
In the dark, they blushed from embarrassment.
“So… sorry. I didn’t mean it. I wanted to grab the door handle, but I didn’t expect…”
Shirley stammered.
She happened to grab his private part in the dark. How could it be so coincidental? If she said it
wasn’t intentional, he wouldn’t believe it!
Braden tried to adjust his breathing and pretended to be calm. He said coldly, “I’ve seen many
lecherous women. Among them, you’re the most brazen. This is an eye-opener.”
“What? I really didn’t do it on purpose. If I wanted you, I’d have done something to you during our
four-year marriage. How could I not have touched you? I…”
“You mean you didn’t do anything to me when we were married?”
“L…”
The only time Shirley could think of was when Braden and she were drunk.
That was when she got pregnant with Bennett and Alisha.
But why did he sound as if he didn’t remember?
In this case, she would not admit it either, lest he suspected her.
“I was never intimate with you because I wasn’t interested in you.”
She lied.
“Not interested?”
Braden laughed out of anger. He grabbed her wrist, held her by the waist, and pressed her against the
door. He said in a hoarse voice, “Are you sure?”
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“Of… of course. If I were interested in you, I would have slept with you long ago. We’d have had
babies. That manipulative woman wouldn’t have had a chance. I…”
Braden’s thin lips tightly on hers stopped Shirley’s unceasing torrent of words.
His gentle kiss took her breath away, causing her mind to go blank. She forgot to resist. Her entire
person was soft, like a lamb at his mercy….
Braden was very satisfied with her reaction. He smiled and said, “You lied. It looks like
very interested in me!”
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