Chapter 60 The Setup

It was a setup. Matthew was burning up, the heat unbearable. His throat bobbed as he growled. "Get out!" Lillian's face was flushed, and even with such a rebuke, she clung to him tightly. "Matthew, it's unbearable. Help me... Please help me." Without a second thought, she tore open her collar, her arms entwined with Matthew's, her eyes dazed. Matthew was disgusted to the extreme. He endured the discomfort and pushed Lillian away forcefully. "Get away. I'm not interested in you." Lillian's body thudded into the sofa, the pain in her waist causing her to half-shed tears. Matthew's words echoed in her mind, stinging her and bringing back a bit of her sanity. She muttered to herself in self-mockery, "I've come to this, and you're still indifferent." But the surging heat and intense unwillingness quickly swept away Lillian's remaining reason. The effect of the drug was about to peak. Matthew's eyes flickered, and when he looked at Lillian again, he couldn't help but curl the corners