Chapter 166

No.11 licked his lips lightly, savoring the lingering taste between his teeth. Without realizing it, he concealed the fact that Nelson was already dead and instead asked with innocent confusion, "What's wrong, Elle? Why did you push me away?" His face was so deceptively naive that Elara hesitated for a brief moment. She softened her tone and asked gently, "Did someone teach you that?" Instead of answering directly, he tilted his head slightly, fingers brushing over his lip as he asked, "You didn't like it?" "You can't do that. You can't act like that toward me." "Why not?" Like an insatiable siren luring its prey, he closed the distance between them again, wrapping his arms around her waist with quiet persistence. He tilted his head back, revealing his captivating features. "I like this. I like being close to you, Elle. I don't want to be apart from you, not even for a second." He wanted to control her, to make her lose herself in him. He longed to unravel the depths of those g