He Gave Her Strawberries, Gave Me Hives (Ford and Sylvia) novel Chapter 235

Meanwhile, at the Miami docks.

A private yacht slowly docked, and Lorelei followed the men in black who had come to meet her onto Miami soil.

The car eventually pulled into a luxurious estate halfway up a hill, nestled among lush trees, overlooking the glittering night view of Biscayne Bay.

in a tastefully decorated study, she finally met the owner of the mysterious encrypted ID.

The man stood with his back to her in front of a massive floor–to–ceiling window, his posture straight and tall.

He turned around slowly. His face bore a faint resemblance to Sabine’s.

3ut his features were deeper, more composed, and his eyes were as sharp as a falcon’s, carrying the oppressive air of someone long accustomed to power.

‘Ms. Vaughn, welcome.”

‘Let me introduce myself. My name is Alistair Sterling.”

He gestured for Lorelei to sit, his manner poised.

‘By family relations, I am Sabine’s mother’s younger brother. Her… uncle.”

Lorelei’s eyes widened slightly.

Alistair seemed to see through her surprise, a cool, faint smile playing on his lips.

‘Our Sterling family is an old, established Miami family. We started in the shipping industry.”

‘My older sister, Sabine’s mother, was the only daughter of her generation in the Sterling family. She was very protected, innocent and romantic.”

His gaze drifted past the brilliant city lights outside the window, a hint of reminiscence and sorrow in his eyes.

‘Unfortunately, she fell in love with Sabine’s father–a man with nothing but ambition–and insisted on marrying him against the family’s wishes.”

The Sterling family had no choice but to use our resources to help him build his business.”

But after he became successful, he had endless affairs and grew cold towards my sister.”

And what I can never forgive is…”

Alistair’s voice turned to ice.

That child, Sabine, not only did she not sympathize with her mother’s pain, she actually resented her mother for being weak and unable to keep her husband’s heart. She resolutely sided with her father, watched my sister’s suffering with a cold eye, and even… taunted her.”

Lorelei listened in silence, a mixture of emotions churning within her.

she had never imagined that the arrogant and domineering Sabine had such a complicated family history.

Alistair’s gaze returned to Lorelei.

“I didn’t seek you out to test someone’s loyalty, nor to have you

seduce

anyone.”

He paused, then said something that left Lorelei stunned.

“I want you… to seduce me.”

Chapter 12

“What?” Lorelei thought she had misheard.

“Make me fall in love with you.”

Alistair’s tone was still calm, as if he were discussing the most ordinary thing in the world.

“I seem to have been born without the capacity to love. I don’t understand what it is.”

“But you made Manhattan’s rosary clutching Damian break his vows and willingly walk into your game. You must have something special about you.”

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