"I'm Mr. Law."
He gently caressed her delicate face with his index finger, and the affection deep in his eyes was more intense than the sunlight outside.
Eleanor stared hard at the man before her, so noble and unapproachable. Even though she suspected it was him, she still found it hard to believe.
After a moment of shock, she picked up the golden bronze mask in her hand, stood on her tiptoes, and put it on for him.
When Bernard overlapped with Mr. Law in her memory, Eleanor felt a moment of dizziness.
Her gaze slowly moved down, looking at the tattoo on his slender neck.
"It's fake."
Bernard seemed to see through her doubts and softly explained.
The tattoo was fake, and so were the dressing style, the messy hair, the hoarse voice, and the scent on him, all deliberately disguised.
She found it hard to accept and stepped back, "Why...why did you force and deceive me with a false identity?"
Her soft question was like a dagger, stabbing into his heart, making him feel guilty, uneasy, and scared.
He was afraid he would lose her, so he recklessly pulled her into his arms, using all his strength to hold her.
Eleanor's hands rested on his firm chest. She stopped struggling and just looked up at Bernard.
"Do you think I was stupid, foolish, and fun back then, so you deliberately played me?"
"No!"
Bernard vehemently denied it and tried to explain, but was interrupted by Eleanor’s cold voice.
"What then?"
"Because..."
"Because you think I'm easy to bully, I should be your toy!!!"
"I know, I just wanted to tell you....."
"In the past, I treated you that way as Mr. Law because I was crazy about you!"
"Every day I couldn't control myself, I wanted to see you, to hold you, to make love to you!"
"And it’s the same now, I want you, I’ve never stopped!"
Hearing these bold and explicit words, Eleanor thought of his text messages and felt he was a lunatic.
Looking into her angry eyes, he said in a hoarse voice:
"Eleanor, back then, I couldn't openly love you, I could only express my love as Mr. Law."
"But now, I can do it because no one will hurt you anymore, I can love you without any restraint."
"Do you understand?"
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