MY GORGEOUS WIFE IS AN EX-CONVICT

Chapter 21

Claire looked at him. No matter how she tried, she was unable to read him. She thought that when she had gone to beg him the other day, the way he rejected her meant that they would now move on with their lives separately. She thought that they would no longer have any contact with each other.

After all, a proud man like him would never allow himself to be rejected by a woman.

Unexpectedly, he suddenly appeared at her rented house tonight, and… even brought her here.

Furthermore, he purposely made lucy kneel to apologize to her. It seemed like he wanted to show her what isaac truly represented.

The arrogant lucy could only apologize shamefully in front of him.

“What do you want to do exactly?” she questioned him.

His eyes traveled around a little. ‘What do I want to do… To be honest, I’m not too sure myself. Perhaps, I just want to take another look at her.’

He had wondered if she would come to beg him again after the last time.

Unfortunately, she did not.

Even at this moment when he was just in front of her, she had not begged him for a second time.

“Now that you mentioned this, are you not planning to beg me again on behalf of your relatives?”

She was taken aback for a moment. She gradually widened her eyes. “If I beg you again, will you get the police to release them?”

“If you never try, you’ll never know,” he said it with a mysterious look.

Unrest flashed across her expression. ‘Does he mean that he plans to let me taste rejection again if I beg him a second time? Or perhaps he will really let Uncle and the rest go?’

Claire gripped her hands into tight fists. For her grandmother’s sake, she would have to try even if the chances were slim.

“Then… I beg you, please. Can you let the police release them?” She decided that even if isaac made her kneel or wanted to humiliate her, she would humbly accept his orders.

Unexpectedly isaac abruptly stood up, walked over to her, and reached for her hands. He released her tightly gripped hands, finger by finger.

“Sis, how can you forget that your hand is still injured. Although a few days have passed and the wound on your palm has dried and crusted, it’ll still be painful if you grip it so tightly.” His magnificent, music voice carried a sense of gentleness. It made claire stiffen her body.

The wound on her palm… She had purposely hurt herself when she tried to maintain her consciousness while inside the Miller residence.

It was also that night when he rescued her from the brink of despair.

“I notice that your hands are always so cold. Shall I warm them for you, Sis?” he gently asked.

She stared as his large hands grabbed her pair of unsightly hands. The warmth from his hands gradually started transmitting over to hers.

At that moment, someone knocked on the door to the private room.

Isaac effortlessly answered, “Come in.”

The door opened. It was the manager and a few waiters who were bringing in the dishes. Claire wanted to pull her hands back, but isaac held onto her hands firmly. He said, “Don’t move. They’re still so cold.”

At that moment, the manager and waiters all had their gaze on the two pairs of interlocked hands. This caused Claire’s face to heat up.

Isaac continued to warm Claire’s hand as if there was nobody else in the room.

‘Is… this really Young Master Landford? The legendary Young

Master Landford who’ll strip a woman off her clothes and throw her into the streets if she tried to seduce him on purpose?

‘It’s said that Young Master Landford has zero interest in women, yet right now, he is being so gentle toward such a… plain-looking woman!’

This scene was too shocking to be true!

Luckily, the manager quickly got a hold of himself and cleared his throat. He hurried the waiters to place the dishes on the table and leave the room. He then carefully closed the door.

“Manager, we aren’t hallucinating, are we?” someone whispered to the manager. “Who is that lady?”

The manager solemnly said, “That lady might become this city’s future owner.”

Indeed, the woman chosen by Isaac would be someone who could not be offended in the future!

Inside the private room, silence enveloped the space once again. After Isaac made sure that Claire’s hands were warm enough, she felt that her face had already melted from the heat.

“Alright, let’s eat while the food is still warm.” isaac sat next to claire and grabbed food for her.

Claire was not fully focused on eating. Her peripheral vision kept looking over at isaac. After some time, she plucked up the courage and asked once again, “Um… Will you let the police release my relatives?”

“It looks like you sincerely wish that I will release your relatives.”

She was only doing this for her grandmother! Claire looked directly into Isaac’s eyes. “Will you?”

His black eyes carefully observed the person in front of him.

She seemed to have thinned down even further. Her chin was now sharper. Her willow leaf-like brows curved downward, but her pair of almond eyes seemed to have become bigger. Her face was so small that he could cover it with a single palm.

Right now, her gaze was filled with expectation and yearning. She looked like a small animal that would tug on anybody’s heartstrings.

He had never liked small animals. However, it seemed to be an exception whenever he faced her.

His hand moved slightly and reached for the wine glass in front. He poured a cup of red wine. He then placed it in front of her and asked, “How about drinking some wine?”

“Wine?” She was puzzled as if she had not expected this request.

“Yes, let’s drink some wine. I want to see how you look when you drink.” He smiled slightly.

Claire was hesitant. Her alcohol tolerance was very low. There was a possibility that she would get completely drunk. If that happened, she would no longer be aware of what she was doing.

“How… How many glasses?” she asked.

“Until I’m satisfied,” he replied.

She bit on her lip as she lowered her eyelids. She stared at the glass of wine in his hand. The lights in the room reflected on her face, and her lightly fluttering lashes made her look indescribably pleasant.

As if he could read her mind, he said, “You’re afraid that I’ll take advantage of you once you’re drunk? There are plenty of ways for me to get women. I don’t need to use this sort of method. Besides, even if I were to do anything to you right here and now, nobody will bat an eyelid.”

‘Fair enough. Claire mocked herself for overanalyzing things.

She took the wine glass and gulped it down.

Bitterness and dry sweetness filled her throat as the wine flowed in.

She was not used to drinking wine. Back then, she would only drink champagne whenever she needed to socialize for work.

At that time, she was still Lewis Mayers’s girlfriend, thus nobody would force her to drink too much.

Isaac refilled Claire’s glass with more wine. She raised her head backward and downed the glass of wine again.

Just like that, she drank glass after glass as if the wine was medicine. She was just hoping that he would be satisfied.

As for him, a smile was plastered on his face as if watching her drink was such a joyful thing to watch.