Chapter 911: Still Putting on an Act With Her?

She must have heard something to suddenly act so cold toward him, Walker reasoned. He had to get to the bottom of it. How could he possibly resign himself to being dumped just like this?

Feeling his breath brush against her cheek, Chloe Reed turned her face away in frustration. "Let me go!"

"No," Walker Grant replied in a mild tone. "If I let you go, what if you try to force me to sign the papers again?"

Chloe was left speechless. She grew even angrier! But pinned down completely as she was, there was absolutely nothing she could do.

Seeing her remain stubbornly silent, Walker nudged the tip of her nose with his own, his tone softening a fraction. "Tell me, what did I do to upset you?"

"Heh..." Chloe scoffed, thinking he was truly shameless. She couldn’t believe he was still putting on an act for her at a time like this. Even if he wasn’t tired of the charade, she certainly was! She simply closed her eyes, refusing to play along. She wasn’t going to fall into his trap.

He waited for a moment, but the woman beneath him made no sound other than her slightly heavy breathing. Walker’s brows furrowed. "Why aren’t you saying anything? Are you just picking a fight on purpose?"

Chloe couldn’t hold back her frustration any longer. "Who exactly is picking a fight on purpose here?"

"You are. I asked you a question, and you refuse to answer," Walker said with absolute self-righteousness.

Chloe let out a mock laugh. "You know exactly what you did. Do you really need me to list it all out for you?"

Walker’s brow twitched sharply. List it all out? What exactly had he done to make her so upset? Was she still heartbroken over what happened in the past? If that was the case, then he had indeed crossed the line. Even now, he hadn’t managed to help heal the wounds in her heart.

He pursed his thin lips and finally spoke after a long pause. "I’m sorry."

Chloe pushed at his chest. "Get up. I don’t need your apology. I just want you to sign the papers!"

She squirmed and struggled, but soon, all her movements came to a sudden halt. Her eyes widened slightly. "You...!"

Walker’s breathing grew heavier as he said, "Both my heart and my body are drawn to you. Being this close while you squirm against me, it’s hard for me not to respond."

"You scoundrel!" Chloe snapped.

Walker lowered his head, drawing closer to her. His voice was deep and resonant. "I’m really sorry about the past, Chloe. I’ve been trying to make up for it. You can see my sincerity, can’t you? Will you give me a chance?"

Hearing this, Chloe sensed that something was wrong. "The past?"

Walker hummed in affirmation. "I was a poor judge of character. I was deceived by Sunny Reed and completely missed the point, which caused you pain. I’m sorry."

Chloe closed her eyes in sheer exhaustion. He was actually apologizing for the past! Was he planning to hide the truth from her forever? When he treated Iris Yates as a bargaining chip to make a deal with William Quinn, did he never think that she would find out the truth one day?! Ha! Perhaps he had been certain from the very beginning that, under his influence, she would never discover those secrets no matter what.

Chloe steadied her emotions. "Let me go first," she said.

Pressed intimately together like this, he was having such a strong reaction that it couldn’t be ignored. She had to maintain a safe distance. If things went too far, she would be trapped in a vicious cycle all over again.

Walker pursed his thin lips slightly and said, "To be honest, I don’t want to let you go." He leaned close, his scorching breath fanning across her sensitive ear. "I’d much rather be inside you."

Chloe’s face flushed instantly, and she began to struggle violently. Caught off guard, he actually let one of her hands slip free. A second later, a loud SMACK rang through the air.