Suddenly There Are Three (Bailey and Artemis) novel Chapter 245

Chapter 245

Dead silence reigned.

Two whole minutes passed before Veronique's hoarse voice drifted out of the phone. “Let me think about it further. There must be some other way to convince Scarlett. I'm sure about that.”

After saying that, she hung up right away.

Bailey stared at her blackened phone screen through narrowed eyes, sighing helplessly.

If Justin were designated as the ideal son-in-law by some ordinary merchant family, it wouldn't be a problem to kick up a fuss since she has the Revelle family backing her up. Alas, the other party is a prestigious family in the military field, the Fletcher family. Their influence encompasses the entire political arena, and they have ultimate power. With a single order, even the Luther family would suffer a blow, much less the Revelle family, with no underworld background.

“What's wrong? I could hear you sighing from the adjacent room. Have you run into a problem of some sort?”

All of a sudden, a deep and rich voice rang out beside her ear, making her jump.

Sensing a broad chest plastered against her back, she didn't dare move about.

“M-Move back for a bit. I'm feeling hot.”

Artemis arched an eyebrow with a smirk. “Are you? In that case, how about stripping? Then, you won't be hot anymore.”

Words eluded Bailey.

Good Lord! This raunchy beast has started acting up again!

Reaching out, Artemis wrapped his arms around her waist and buried his handsome face into the hair at the back of her head. He inhaled deeply before murmuring in a husky voice, “I was initially rather tired, but all my fatigue dissipated after I took in your fragrance. I now feel that I've got unceasing energy. How about—”

“Stop!” Bailey hastily interjected. She then ordered, “Go and talk to Justin. Tell him about the dastardly thing he did seven years ago. Zephyr is innocent, and he shouldn't be tortured to death by his illness.”

In response, Artemis gave a low chuckle. “This decision should've been made long ago instead of dragging things out until now. I know you're both worried about the Fletcher family's influence, but here in Hallsbay, I am the law. I'm not necessarily afraid of Sloan Fletcher.”

Bailey abruptly turned around. “You also think we should tell Jus... Hmph...”

Her action made it evident that she was offering herself to the man behind her on a silver platter. As such, Artemis naturally didn't hold back with her.

He leaned down and captured her lips almost at the very second she turned around.

Slowly, he deepened the kiss.

In the end, he began feeling dissatisfied by the shallow kiss that couldn't quench his thirst for her at all.

Every time he touched her, he felt a fire blazing within him, causing his mind to go blank and the desire within him to soar to epic proportions.

The urge to pin her underneath him and take her hard so that she would be swept away by the tide of his sea of passion gripped him.

Taken aback by the feral air emanating from him, Bailey stole a peek at his eyes out of her peripheral vision. The instant she glimpsed the undisguised lust in his gaze, something in her mind snapped.

Ugh! This scoundrel has actually lost control. He lost it in the office in broad daylight! Sure enough, a man who's been abstinent from the pleasures of the flesh for too long is terrifying and dangerous. Judging from his ravenous look, not even ten women would be enough to satisfy him!

“Artemis.”

Seizing the opportunity while he had all his concentration on devouring her, she stretched out her hands and shoved him away without warning.

Artemis staggered back two steps and fell back onto a swivel chair in the office.

He cradled his forehead in exasperation and lamented with a sigh, “I initially thought I had all women on earth eating out of my palm. Never had I thought that I'd end up falling in love with a thorny wild rose. Never mind, just forget about it. How would I dare force you if you're unwilling?”

Bailey rolled her eyes, exasperation written all over her face.

What a rogue! He took all he wanted from me earlier, so why is he now putting on an aggrieved expression like I had just bullied him?

“Did you hear everything I said to you earlier?”

Snagging the coffee mug on the table, Artemis threw his head back and guzzled the beverage. When he finally suppressed the fire burning within him by the skin of his teeth, he replied hoarsely, “I'll talk to Justin about it when I return to the medical base tonight.”

“Okay.”