Chapter 21: Ch. 21 Richard’s Offer

“WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?”

“I do nothing. On the contrary, I’m wondering, what are you doing sneaking into my room? Do you want to stir me up like that night?”

Richard almost saw smoke rising above Anxia’s head. It seemed that the woman’s anger was unstoppable.

“Where is my daughter?” Anxia hissed in a muffled growl. Her whole body was itching to tear this person apart, but she tried to contain herself.

She knew she wouldn’t be able to beat this man if she acted rashly.

“Your daughter? Ah, you mean Loreine Summer Richie? I wonder why you add our name to your daughter. Does that mean you feel something for me?”

Anxia stepped back every time Richard strode forward towards her. She had taken another knife and held it with the tip pointed in her arm while settling it in front of her chest.

.....

“Xia Xia, tell me, are you....”

historical

“Don’t you dare!” cut Anxia, then unexpectedly assailed Richard again, more precisely trying to slash her knife at Richard’s body.

“Interesting. How many knives do you keep in your boots?” Richard asked smoothly while dodging Anxia’s consecutive attacks. He wasn’t even out of breath while speaking, as if he was talking while eating.

Woosh! Dug!

No matter how many times Anxia had stuck Richard in the stomach or arm, never once did she manage to injure him. To be more precise, Richard let her hit him but didn’t want to get hurt with the knife.

If he was going back to his parent’s house, he didn’t want his mother to worry about seeing him hurt. But he didn’t fight back and let Anxia beat him to her satisfaction. He waited until the girl drained her stamina, which unenabled her mind.

Only then would he make an offer she would not be able to refuse. No. He wouldn’t give Anxia a chance to decline his offer.

After nearly an hour of Anxia’s continuous attacks with no significant results, Anxia began to run out of breath.

No matter how professional she was in her line of work, her stamina would not be as great as a man’s. That’s why Anxia always carefully created strategies and planned when she wanted to carry out her mission.

Anxia was well aware of her weakness. She couldn’t last long if she had to fight for more than an hour. Especially since she gave birth to Lori, most of her time has been spent caring for her daughter, and she no longer has time to train to strengthen her stamina.

And sure enough, just after an hour had passed, Anxia was exhausted, and her breathing started to become erratic. As for the man... Richard seemed fine. The guy wasn’t even sweating at all!!

It really sucks! Who is this man!? Wasn’t Richard just an ordinary robotics engineer?

“One day, I will kill you!” Anxia hissed, refusing to appear weak but didn’t attack again to gather strength first.

“Hmm. Please try it. But, how can you do that if we’re far apart? Wouldn’t it be easier if you could keep an eye on me twenty-four hours a day?”

Anxia’s brows furrowed hearing this. What is this man ranting about?

“I have an offer for you. I’d like to continue what we planned four years ago. That way, you can sneak attack me any time you want. I would prefer you do me on the bed. It would be stimulating.”

If any minor or loser man saw Anxia’s current expression, they would surely cry and run in fear.

But not with Richard. He wasn’t afraid or frightened at all. On the contrary, he was challenged to get this girl out of the violent world she had been through.

“What makes you think I would follow your plan? You must be crazy.”

“Alright, then. You can say goodbye to Lori.”

Anxia’s blood pressure instantly rose drastically upon hearing this. Previously her blood was already burning because she felt this man was playing with her. But now she felt like she would explode right now if she didn’t see this man die in her hands.

“WHERE IS LORI?! You have no right to kidnap my daughter!”

“And you think you have the right to keep me away from my daughter?”

Anxia bit her tongue completely unable to answer it. She had suspected that Richard knew that Lori was his daughter, considering that the man had said Lori’s full name. But she had no idea this man would threaten her using her daughter!

What a sly man!

“Are you sure you don’t want to hear my offer first? My offer is quite tempting.” still with great confidence, Richard said his line without hesitation.

Anxia knew she should not trust this man. No matter how tempting Richard’s offer was, she was bound to fall into this man’s trap sooner or later.

She didn’t know the extent of Richard’s capabilities, but she knew this Richard in front of her was not someone she could mess around with.

But... if she rejected him outright, she didn’t know if she would be able to meet Lori or not after this.

It was better for her to cooperate and make the man believe she agreed while rearranging her plans. Once she reunites with Lori, she will think of a solution to get out of this Calvin family.

“Alright, I’ll listen to your offer.”

Richard walked over to the table to pick up a folder. Then he handed it to Anxia, who was still standing on high alert.

Anxia picked it up roughly and then walked away so she could read it without fear of being attacked from behind. She no longer cared about the amused smile plastered on the man’s face and read the contents of the folder as soon as she finished making sure they were far apart.

Anxia read the very flashy title at the top.

Marriage Arrangement??