Chapter 738 - 726: I Want You to Marry Me (14)

Chapter 738: Chapter 726: I Want You to Marry Me (14)

Nothing but exploitation and deceit.

How else was he supposed to think of a woman who would stop at nothing to get what she wanted?

He had no idea where Eleanor Bishop found the nerve to question him like this.

"I’m sorry..." Eleanor Bishop bit her lip, lowering her head even further. "I can’t deny what happened in the past. Since you hate me so much now and don’t want to see me, I’ll leave right away. I swear I’ll never show up again and be an eyesore."

"..." Archie Lockwood stared at her coldly, his eyes devoid of any warmth.

When Archie Lockwood didn’t respond, Eleanor Bishop assumed he agreed. She gingerly placed her feet on the floor and, propping her hands on the sofa, prepared to stand up.

But suddenly, in the next second, Archie Lockwood shot up, leaned over, and trapped her small frame on the sofa with his arms. His thin lips curled. "Want to pay me back?"

’Of course I do,’ she thought, ’but I can’t afford to right now.’

She also wasn’t confident she could convince her mother to hand over the money.

Seeing that Eleanor Bishop remained silent, Archie Lockwood’s cold gaze swept over her. A mocking smirk touched his lips. "Your looks really have gone downhill compared to nine years ago." ’The only thing that hasn’t changed is her ability to play the victim, to act pitiful...’

She clearly loved money and would do anything for it, yet she insisted on putting on this indifferent act in front of him.

Eleanor Bishop’s face turned exceptionally grim. Her hands on the sofa clenched into tight fists, her nails digging deep into her palms. "Archie Lockwood, what are you trying to say?"

"Heh. Don’t you want to pay me back? I’ll grant you your wish." As he spoke, Archie Lockwood reached out and lifted her from the sofa.

Her face went deathly pale with panic as she struggled. "Archie Lockwood, let me go!"

"Eleanor Bishop, you want to pay me back, so I’m giving you the chance! Or do you think you have anything worth my while other than that body of yours to sell?" ’She was so good at selling herself out back then, wasn’t she? She should be just as capable now!’

’After all, besides a body she could sell, she really had nothing else to give him in repayment.’

But those words were like a sharp thorn, plunging deep into her heart until it felt like it was bleeding.

However, what humiliated her even more was what happened after Archie Lockwood placed her on the bed. He unceremoniously began to strip her clothes off, one piece at a time...

’Their relationship really had come down to this: one selling, the other buying...’

She had never expected their reunion to change anything, nor had she ever thought they could make up for past regrets and get back together.

She truly had never considered any of it.

But it was as if he was terrified she would cling to him, forcing him to humiliate her with all his might every time they met...

’The first time was like this, and the second time was the same...’

’I know I was wrong now, can’t you see?’

’Can you just let me go?’

’I swear, I’ll run far, far away and never appear before you again in this lifetime...’

「An hour and a half later.」

Archie Lockwood, now fully dressed, stood by the bed. He looked down at the woman lying there with a frigid gaze, his lips curling into a sneer. "Eleanor Bishop, you should be grateful you can still fetch such a high price from me. After tonight, our transaction is complete, and we’re even! If I see you again, it won’t be as simple as it was tonight!"