Chapter 323

After hanging up, Samuel kept his eyes on Shelmaine. "Julien's not coming back for you, so stop thinking about him." Shelmaine's eyelids flickered, but she stayed silent. She just didn't want to talk to him. "Shelmaine, do I need to go after Julien just to make you speak?" "You promised you wouldn't." Her voice came out quietly, just as her eyes opened at the same time. "Shelly, do I really have to threaten you to get you to talk to me?" Shelmaine sighed. "Sometimes, I just don't want to talk." "Sometimes? You can talk to the maid and to Kingston, but not me?" Samuel's lips curled into a cold smile. "Must I force you?" She exhaled deeply. "I'm exhausted. I don't feel like talking." Without another word, he kissed her. It wasn't gentle—there was an edge to it like he wanted to prove something. Everything Kingston had just said flew out the window, and Samuel ignored it completely. "Don't want to talk? Then, let me hear you another way." Shelmaine wasn't interested in being int