Love's Cunning Ruse novel Chapter 213

Three times!!

"Stop looking at me like that!" Daphne covered her face with a pillow from the side.

Julie cautiously asked, "Can I ask when this happened…"

Daphne shot Julie a warning glance.

Julie made a zip-your-mouth gesture.

Exasperated, Daphne yelled at the ceiling, then said, "The first time was the night of the charity gala. After you and Kieran left, Albertine started pouring me drinks. She was such a go-getter, kept pushing me to drink, saying she wanted to catch up with Lord Lion. The baffling thing is, her hubby didn't even stop her! He actually let her go to Lord Lion's place. But that's not the point. The point is, why on earth did they have to drag me into it?"

Fuming, Daphne said, "Then I was forced into their car!"

"Go on." Julie sounded interested.

Daphne glared at Julie, "I texted you after I got in the car! Do you remember?"

Julie recalled the events of that night and suddenly remembered, "Oh right, I think I got a message from you but I didn't check it right away. You said Lord Lion was taking you to his place and you were afraid you might not resist sleeping with him. Are you talking about that message"

"That's the one! I even made up an excuse to use the restroom to call and text you, but you ignored me!"

In Daphne's second message, she did mention that she was in the restroom.

"Then, Ms. Albertine came to the bathroom to fetch me, so I had to bite the bullet and get back in Lord Lion's car. Then you texted me saying the fans had surrounded the gala. I told you I was in Lord Lion's car, asking if you were going to rescue me, but you ignored me again. Then I sent the last message, saying I was ready to give up on myself!"

"I only saw those messages when I got home. Then I asked you if you needed rescuing and you said no because Mr. Lionel would take you home soon. And then you didn't reply anymore…" Julie said.

Daphne, "That message was sent by Ms. Albertine! She said it's not good to be on the phone all the time during the party. Let me tell you, I thought I had a decent tolerance for alcohol, but Ms. Albertine got me drunk so easily…"

"So…"

"Apparently, I was the one who asked him to sleep with me. From what I can remember... that seems to be the case... I was drunk, I thought I was dreaming, haha…"

Julie gave Daphne a thumbs-up, saying, "Respect!"

Daphne went silent.

"So, how did your second time happen? The first time could be an accident, but surely the second time wasn't?" Julie asked.

"Well, the second time naturally happened the next morning… I thought, he's such a big shot, I better not mess with him! So I proposed that we should deal with this situation rationally…"

"How are you going to handle this rationally?" asked Julie.

Daphne cornered her mouth, "That's what Lord Lion asked at the time…"

All she remembered was waking up that morning with her body aching all over, only to find herself in an unfamiliar environment. The deep-blue satin sheets under her had a familiar cologne scent.

This scent startled Daphne into opening her eyes, only to see Lionel in a bathrobe, drying his hair by the bed. The bathroom was full of steam. Clearly, he had just come out of the shower.

A few seconds later, Daphne realized what might have happened the night before. She swallowed hard. Lionel had just finished drying his hair, turned his head and saw Daphne wrapped in the blanket. Her bright eyes were wide open, obviously trying to figure out something.

Daphne believed that playing dumb was her best option at the moment.

So, she took the initiative to say, "Good morning, Lord Lion! I had too much to drink last night. If I offended you in any way, I hope you can forgive me!"

Afterwards, she tried to get out of bed wrapped in the blanket, but heard Lionel's deep voice saying, "It's really hard for me to forgive what you did last night."

Looking at his handsome face, Daphne momentarily forgot what she was going to say next. She closed her lips, then said, "I don't actually remember what happened last night, but I believe, as adults, we should handle whatever happened rationally. What do you think?"

"So, how do you plan to handle this rationally?" Lionel said, suddenly undoing the belt of his bathrobe and taking it off.

Daphne screamed in fright. Before she could close her eyes, she saw that Lionel was actually wearing boxers. And most importantly… his body was covered with scratches, pinches, even bite marks…

Without a doubt, those were her "achievements" from last night.

So…

She exposed one arm from the blanket, forced a smile and said, "Or… you can pinch me too?"

"Take off the blanket." His body was as perfect as a Greek sculpture, making it impossible for Daphne to take her eyes off him.

She knew she was naked, so she held the blanket tightly, "I'm not dressed…"

"You said let me pinch you in the same way, then we're even. How can I pinch you if you're covering yourself with the blanket?" He said it as if it made perfect sense, with a hint of a smile on his lips.

Daphne extended her other arm and asked, "Aren't two arms enough?"