Kisa was stunned, seemingly not expecting him to ask her such a question out of the blue.
Looking at her dumbfounded look, Gilbert just thought she was acquiescing, and he got even more furious. "Get the hell out of here." The last person he wanted to see now was this woman. He was worried that he would lose control and strangle her.
Kisa felt that the reason the man got angry was strange. Besides, he had thousands of ways to get back at her. She wondered why he had to harp on the issue of Howard, who seemed irrelevant. Meanwhile, the pain in her stomach was getting more and more unbearable. She knew she could not stay long in the presence of this man; she had to solve the problem of Howard as soon as possible. So she gritted her teeth to endure the pain and frowned at the grave-looking man. "I know you hate me and are disgusted with me. You can do whatever you want to me. Just please give Howard back his role."
'Howard, Howard! Heh, this woman really can't stop mentioning that man.' Perhaps he was mad with anger. Gilbert suddenly laughed slyly. "You really love that man, eh?"
"I—"
"Fine. I can give him that role back."
Kisa was about to explain herself and forgot about all of it when she heard what he said. She stared at Gilbert, knowing that he would probably set another condition, which was even trickier than the last one.
Gilbert stubbed out his cigarette and said slowly, "Please me. If you make me happy, I will give him back that role."
"What?" Kisa could not believe her ears. 'Isn't he disgusted with me? Why would he want me to please him? Not to mention the fact that I'm as ugly as hell now. He must be trying to humiliate me again by making such a condition.'
Gilbert stared at her with an indifferent smile. "Aren't you willing to sacrifice anything for that man? Is it so hard for you to please me now?"
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