"So you were keeping your distance from me just now because you were afraid I'd do something to you?"
Arabella Vanderbilt nodded, and Joel Russo's expression darkened instantly.
"You don't like it when I touch you?"
Arabella Vanderbilt paused, then shook her head, "No... it's not that..."
Joel Russo slowly approached her, his voice icy as he pressed, "Then why are you avoiding me?"
Arabella Vanderbilt twirled her hair, overwhelmed by the pressure emanating from Joel Russo, and confessed,
"Wasn't I brainwashed before? I'm afraid that if you touch me, I'd lose control... What should I do then?"
Joel Russo was unprecedentedly choked up, his elegant Adam's apple bobbing twice before he slowly replied,
"I won't resist."
Arabella Vanderbilt paused, and her cheeks suddenly turned a deep red, both embarrassed and amused.
"You... pfft... you're too much!"
Seeing him say those words with such a serious face, Arabella Vanderbilt couldn't hold back her laughter.
