Rossie trailed Zorion to avoiding into contact with Santiago. Despite her outright repulsion of him, Santiago continued to tease her throughout their meal.


    “You’ve grown a lot prettier, you know. Sexier, too.” Santiago ran his eyes over Rossie’s body as he spoke. She frowned, her face turning red as she discreetly looked down at her chest to see whether she’d identally exposed herself.


    “Do you have a death wish?” Zorion suddenly asked. Santiago merelyughed rather lecherously and took a bite of his food.


    “Look, women are all capricious. She’s probably already found someone else without you by her side.”


    “Anyway, it’s better to let me have a go with her instead of allowing someone else to have her, right? I don’t even mind.”


    “F*ck off!”


    Zorion’splexion looked better than ever, his face flushing in anger.


    He red daggers at Santiago.


    Santiago took a bite of one of the pastries they’d made, then frowned. He took a look at it.


    “Is this still raw?” He looked at Jacky, whoughed. “I wouldn’t know.”


    “How fortunate.” Santiago went into the kitchen to rinse his mouth before returning to the table and continuing to tease Rossie. Zorion’s face darkened.


    “If you feel lonely at night, I’m always up for a chat.” He put one of the pastries on her te. “You should have some more, you’ve barely eaten.”


    Rossie’s face was beet red. She didn’t know why he was picking on her.


    Zorion picked up her te and threw the food into the dustbin before getting her some more. “Ignore him.”


    “That’s fine with me, but I can’t guarantee that I won’t walk into the wrong room after having too much to drink.”


    Santiago continued to provoke Zorion, who was looking absolutely murderous. “Give it a try if you have the guts to.”


    It wasn’t a pleasant meal, especially for Rossie. She excused herself after having a few bites.


    However, one would get hungry easily if one was in a bad mood. She got up to get herself some food.


    She’d asked for a room of her own, and Zorion hadn’t turned her down.


    In the kitchen, she had some leftover food that was still warm. As she was walking out, she saw Santiagoing downstairs. He said, “I warmed some food up. Do you want to join me, pretty littledy?”


    Rossie immediately felt utterly embarrassed. She’d thought that Zorion had kept the food for her.


    “No, thanks.”


    She walked up the stairs, nning on dodging Santiago on her way up. However, he suddenly grabbed her.


    She was so stunned that she stopped in her tracks.


    He pulled her into his arms and leaned down to kiss her. Rossie was so scared that she widened her eyes and let out an earsplitting scream.


    At that, Zorion shot out of his room. When he saw Santiago about to kiss Rossie, he flew downstairs and roared, “Santiago Richards!”


    Only then did Santiago stop. His lips were mere centimetres away from Rossie’s lips. If only she hadn’t screamed…


    He smiled sinisterly before letting her go. Rossie immediately ran towards Zorion.


    She hid behind Zorion, biting her lip. She was so terrified that she couldn’t think straight.


    Santiago turned to look at Zorion. “I was just joking. I didn’t know she’d take it so seriously.”


    Heughed as if nothing had happened. Jacky hade out of his room as well, watching things y out.


    “F*ck off! If I catch you trying something funny again, I’ll kill you!” After that, Zorion pulled Rossie into his room and shut the door with a m.


    Jacky leaned on the stairs. “Are you acting up again?”


    Santiago smiled. “Come on, have some leftovers.”


    Jacky came down and they walked into the kitchen. As Santiago ate, Jacky asked, “Should I thank you for leaving Deanna alone?”


    At that moment, Santiago had just scooped up a mouthful of food.


    He looked up and swallowed his food before saying, “I just like a little bit of fun. I’m not out of my mind!”


    Jacky scooped up some food as well. Santiago got them both some wine.


    Once they were done, Santiago turned to head back upstairs, Jacky following him. He suddenly asked Santiago, “Do you miss her?”


    Santiago paused. “I’ve never forgotten about her. How am I supposed to answer that?”


    He headed into his room to wash up and sleep.


    Jacky stood on the stairs for a little while before walking over to Santiago’s room and knocking on the door. “Come on, let’s go have some fun.”


    The bathroom door was wide open, but Santiago didn’t hear Jacky.


    After knocking for a while, Jacky turned around and left.


    Santiago came out of the bathroom and flopped onto the bed. He lit up a cigarette and yed some music…


    …


    “You can sleep here for the night. Santiago just wanted you toe close to me. He didn’t really mean anything by that.” As Zorion spoke, he made up the bed for Rossie.


    Rossie’s heart was still racing as she sat down. She was still dazed when Zorion spoke, but returned to her senses when he sat down. “I don’t think he was joking.”


    “You don’t understand Santiago, but I do.”


    Zorion knew for a fact that Santiago would never steal his woman.


    “You really trust him that much?” Rossie felt like Santiago hadn’t been joking. It was hard to tell with someone like him.Owned by N?velDrama.Org.


    Zorion spread a quilt out on the floor. “I’m not the type to sleep on the floor, but I’m doing it anyway.”


    He sat down and looked up at her. “Don’t worry, he won’te in here with me around. Get some rest.”


    After that, hey down and covered himself with a nket before closing his eyes.


    Rossie still felt uneasy. Regardless, shey down on the bed.


    She slipped under the covers and said, “I got the schrship.”


    She didn’t know why, but she couldn’t stop herself from blurting it out the moment she’d closed her eyes.


    After that, she opened her eyes and quickly shut them again.


    Zorion opened his eyes and looked at the bed for a while, but didn’t respond.