Twins in Her Womb (Bianca and Luke Crawford novel) novel Chapter 887

Nina lowered her head and used her shoulder-length hair to obscure her face.

She did not want anyone to see her weakness, especially that man in front of her.

"Don't you feel any affection for me after being together for so long?" Percy smiled sinisterly as he gripped Nina's jaw and maintained his superior demeanor.

Nina felt her heart wrench.

Her head remained lowered. "Both of us have something we want, and affection doesn't come into the picture. If I have any affection toward you, it's because I can't find a more generous man."

Nina's voice was soft, but her words were mocking.

Percy's sinister gaze wavered. He turned her around by her shoulders. "Do you like it here?"

Nina tried to swallow her tears, but she could not control them from falling down her face.

She lifted her head to look at the boundless blue sky. When she managed to compose herself, she nodded without showing any hint of her previous emotions. "The sea and the sky are beautiful. I don't think anyone would not like it here."

Percy suddenly laughed.

His beautiful face bloomed like a flower in spring.

His thin eyes were transfixed on Nina's face as he asked gently, "Then… do you like me?"

Nina was startled. She suddenly felt uneasy.

She touched his face in bewilderment. "What's wrong with you today, Percy Mallory? Did you… knock your head on something?"

Nina could hear her heart thump wildly as she stared at his bewitching face and those "soulful" eyes.

She did not want to fall into that man's trap.

She turned her head away to avert his passionate gaze. Keeping true to her personality, she declined his advances.

Percy's lips opened and closed as though he only wanted to hear the answer he desired. "Not even the slightest bit?"

Nina brushed the hair next to her ear.

She was not an idiot, and she knew how to give and take.

She tried to regain her composure so that she sounded like her normal self. "Our relationship is nothing more than employer and employee. Don't you think that it's ridiculous to talk about our feelings? Why, don't tell me that you like me?"

Percy smiled as though he was told a funny joke. "You're a smart woman, Nina. Why would you ask that stupid question?"

Nina took a deep breath and felt bitterness flood her mouth. "I can ask you the same."

She knew that Percy was a heartless man and that she was insignificant to her.

He might treat her nicely, and sometimes he might even give her the feeling that they were lovers, but that was nothing more than an illusion.

She could not escape the fate of being abandoned, so why should she try in the first place?

If he did not love her, then she did not have to love him either. However, was that really the case?

Percy held her clammy hand with his hefty palm and hugged her in his arms.

She leaned on his sturdy chest.