A few minutes ago.
Bertha left after declaring the arrival of the Old Master and Old Madam.
Now, Ella couldn’t stop herself from pacing in the room, "What to do? Shall I hide? They wouldn’t be checking in your room, would they?"
Ella flipped and bent down, getting to eye level with Adrian who was leaning back on the headboard.
Adrian’s lazy eyes sparkled, his gaze dropping to her lips.
Following his line of sight, Ella fell speechless.
She imdiately straightened up, preparing to pull away but the man grabbed her hand and yanked her into his arms.
Ella gasped, "Your injuries..."
"have healed..." Adrian leaned in, placing a soft kiss on her chin.
A few butterflies took flight in her stomach, making Ella shudder.
She tried to push the man away but he held her firmly, refusing to budge by an inch.
"Adrian, your grandparents..."
"are a couple," Adrian finished, kissing her cheek.
"I know. But they—"
"will understand what happens between a couple," He pressed a kiss on her other cheek.
Ella: "_" Mr. King, were you always this cheeky?"
Ella was kissed here and there till her body was burning and her skin had turned the deepest shade of red.
By this point, everything had gone to the back of her mind. Her body completely lted in his arms as if she was boneless.
And Adrian grabbed the back of his head, his eyes lowering to her lips. Then, he leaned in towards her.
Ella closed her eyes when suddenly—
’Knock Knock’
Ella’s eyes snapped open. She struggled to get away from him but he held her strongly, refusing to budge an inch.
Ella glared at the man. She could swear on her ancestors that he was not this unreasonable usually.
’Knock Knock’
"Little Ian, it’s us," Old Madam’s voice floated across the door.
Adrian paused for a brief mont. Ella took advantage of the chance and imdiately bolted out of his grip.
"I will hide in the bathroom..."
The mont Ella turned to run, her foot got stuck under the plush carpet and her body propelled backwards in a free fall.
From the corner of her eyes, Ella saw the edge of the bedside table and she closed her eyes, awaiting her doom.
But suddenly, an arm wrapped around her waist and her body swerved to the left. Her hand swiped the bedside lamp straight to the floor.
’Crash’
And in the next mont, she fell back into a warm embrace.
At this mont, the door to the Master Bedroom opened and Adrian’s grandparents strode inside, their faces fraught with worry.
But the worry on their faces gradually morphed into astonishnt. They froze.
Ella froze.
The only person who remained unmoved by the entire fiasco was Adrian who was still leaning back on the headboard, holding Ella in his embrace.
10 minutes later.
In the living room, Old Master and Old Madam were seated on one long couch.
On the opposite couch, Adrian and Ella had taken a seat.
Ella had lowered her head slightly, her mind plagued with various thoughts.
"So, you both live together?" Old Madam King asked, observing their nightti outfits.
Ella closed her eyes.
In this life, she had tried hard to keep her reputation clean in the old couple’s eyes. But in the end, it ca to this...
"Yes."
Hearing the calm response from the man beside her, Ella looked up at Adrian.
"You..." Old Master King seed like he was on the verge of losing his calm, "We have always been proud of your composure and restraint. How can you act in such an inappropriate way? Indulging yourself in desires, being led astray by your emotions, have you not considered the King Family while you were at it?"
There was not a single person in the living room. The servants were all dismissed. So, Old Master King’s words seed to echo through the place.
Ella slowly snapped out of her reverie and turned to the old couple.
Those words... sounded like Adrian could never have a life of his own. Whatever he did, it would be tied back to the King Family.
"Your relationship with Ella has already stirred chaos in the family," Old Madam King slowly started as she looked at the both of them.
"So, you should take it slow, Little Ian. If you let Ella live here with you, it is not good for her reputation either and what would her family think?" Old Madam King continued.
Adrian’s brows tugged together and for a mont, he did not say anything.
"Grandma, we..."
The mont he started speaking, a soft voice interrupted his words, "Grandma, I am the one who should answer your questions."
Old Master King turned to Ella, "You little girl, you shouldn’t be speaking in this at all. You are still in university, if you could tell right from wrong, then things wouldn’t have co to this."
Ella smiled softly, "I might be in university but I am not a child. Grandpa and Grandma might not know but I started working in the entertainnt industry at a very young age."
The old couple exchanged a brief glance..
"Because of that, I was disowned by my family back then. They did not support my decision to enter the entertainnt industry."
Ella looked them straight in the eyes as she continued, "And now, I am no longer a part of the Yu Family."
Ella drew a line with the Yu Family without revealing much.
Earlier, it was too chaotic in the Master Bedroom so the old couple had not noticed the bandages around Adrian’s arm.
And before they ca downstairs, Ella saw Adrian adjusting the long sleeve of his night suit, with the intent to cover the bandages.
Since the old couple seed to be clueless about iAdrian’s injuries, Ella believed he must have intentionally kept it from them. So, she chose her words carefully.
After Ella’s declaration, the Old couple fell silent.
Old Madam King spoke after a mont, "Why didn’t you tell about it before, when you visited the main mansion?"
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