A Caged Songbird's Escape: Into the Arms of a Predator novel Chapter 515

If she didn't give in, he definitely wasn't going to stop at just a few pecks.

However, she couldn't afford to test his patience any longer. "If... if I say it one more time, we're done, right?"

After all, there was that one time they had only been separated from the outside world by a single door, and he had pinned her down and kissed her breathless for an eternity.

Rowan nodded. "Yeah."

Desperate to escape, Elissa spat it out with absolutely zero emotion. "Rowan."

It was incredibly perfunctory.

"Rowan?" A knock suddenly sounded on the bathroom door, followed by Rex's heavily amused voice. "You've been washing your hands for quite a while. Dinner's about ready."

Elissa wanted the floor to swallow her whole. She shot Rowan a furious glare and struggled to push past him.

"Coming," Rowan called out casually. He made no move to let her go, staring down at her intensely. "It doesn't count if you don't mean it."

He was so demanding.

The thought of the older woman and Rex waiting right outside made Elissa panic. "Rowan! Rowan! Are you happy now?"

That hit the spot.

That tone was exactly like when she was a little girl. In the past, she had always stubbornly called him by his last name—Murphy, Murphy, Murphy. It was only when he forced her to correct it that she would impatiently bark out his first name.

Oh, and when she wanted something from him.

But back then, she used to whine and look at him with pathetic, pleading eyes.

Thoroughly satisfied, Rowan released his grip, and Elissa immediately bolted for the door.

Thankfully, Rowan had actually considered the people waiting outside and hadn't gotten entirely carried away.

The light kisses hadn't ruined her makeup.

Rex wasn't waiting in the hall; he had already gone to the dining room with Mrs. Garrett.

A maid saw her step out. "Miss Elissa, let me show you to the dining room."

"Thank you," Elissa nodded.

Although she had been to Rivercross Residence before, it had always been a rushed visit in and out.

She wasn't familiar with the layout.

When Mrs. Garrett saw her walk in, she peered behind her. "Elissa, where's Rowan?"

"He should be right out."

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