Hellbents
Chapter 197: Drunk Haze
"You're drunk," Ava declared flatly. If only Elli had not been aware of his actions because her brain had been consumed with alcohol, the girl would have reminded her again.
White hands slipped between them, Ava trying to keep a distance between herself and the drunk man who was too close. However, his wrist was caught first. Ellijah guided the grip on Ava's hand to her neck, letting the girl feel a hot buzzing pulse even though the alcohol fog had not dissipated from the eyes that shone with determination.
Going up, it's Ava's turn. First of all, Elli kissed each tip of her finger, then mapped out a blue line that ran along her wrist with a light peck.
Wait ...
Is ...
Did Elli seduce him?
After the tantrum that the man threw earlier this afternoon, Ava preferred if she apologized first, instead of flirting.
Finding her focus blurred, Ava finally pushes Elli with her free hand. "Retreat, wake yourself up first" Not yet standing, Ava was forced to sit back.
Perhaps Elli could not see the laser beam that Ava gave, or the annoyed growl that had escaped her blunt senses due to alcohol. As the man thrust his face even closer, the cupid bow on his lips lightly scratched Ava's cheek. "You can't marry someone else" Elli says, or at least that's what Ava can catch from the murmur of a drunken slumber.
But still, Ava could not understand the context that Elli was talking about. "What are you talking about?"
"You are my fiancee." Elli's breath was warm on Ava's cheek.
"My betrothed." Ava only realized the seriousness of the situation when her jaw was gripped tightly.
"It doesn't belong to anyone else." Elli's mouth moved slowly, until it finally overshadowed the red lips that for many years he only dared to look at.
"Mine."
Ava kicked what was between Elli's legs, so hard that the girl also poked the table behind her fake fiance. His shins are already pulsing pain.
Ellijah groaned painfully, grasping under her stomach in hopes of minimizing the pain.
In an instant Ava got up, taking wide steps to escape from her own room.
However, Ava's shoulder was held back by Elli even though the man was still half-bending. "Where do you want to go?"
Fortunately, the girl's position was no longer squashed and vulnerable. He easily distanced himself from the touch of the man before him. "Anywhere as long as no drunk person tries to pounce on me."
If Elli did not understand this rejection as well, then she was a fool.
Ava came out with an angry snort, immediately greeted by the surprised expression of a waiter who brought her dinner.
One glance at the window, he realized that the sun had set. "Follow me to the library."
Ava doesn't want to go back to her room before Elli is sane enough to go alone.
The man's face was indeed a problem, too familiar that Ava lowered her guard without her noticing.
... How dare the man use Alex's face to do things he doesn't like.
Although Elli and Eve are tied up with an engagement, Ava is almost certain the two of them have never been in intimate physical contact. Not only did the people among the nobility frown on public displays of affection, they also prioritized "sanctity" before marriage. Plus, the feeling between the two was clearly one-handed clapping, a one-way obsession.
If only there was a rule prohibiting food from entering the library, no one would dare to rebuke the empress who looked angry.