Noble Pampering: Demon CEO's Relentless Entanglement-Chapter 523 - 519: I Want Brother Asher (Part 2)

"Heh, it’s not easy for Sister Sophie to stay by your side, but do you think it’s easy for me? Brother Asher, I love you not less than Sister Sophie does!" Irene Morton’s eyes were a bit red, "Why are you so cold to me? Everyone thinks that you and I are the perfect match, do you know that? Now, I feel like a shameless woman throwing myself at you. Everyone at the Land family’s old residence sees me as a joke!"

Although in front of her, all the servants would respectfully call her Miss Irene, but behind her back? Everyone was gossiping, saying she was just a woman abandoned by the Third Young Master Land and that as long as Sophie Smith was around, she could never dream of becoming the Young Madam of the Land family.

She had been the pampered princess of the Morton family since she was little, when had she ever been subjected to such gossip?

"Irene, there’s no possibility between us. Give it up." Asher Land made it clear. Even if the old man was pressuring him at every step, he would never compromise.

"Heh, no possibility?" Irene let out a cold laugh, "You’ve already lost a left arm for Sister Sophie, do you still want to continue fighting with Uncle Land?"

"What’s one left arm? I’d be willing to die for her." He had a look of indifference.

"You!" Irene’s face turned pale, obviously angered by his words.

"Alright, then I’ll tell you the first secret I overheard in the study." Irene gathered her out-of-control emotions and spoke calmly, "At today’s birthday banquet, Uncle Land will announce the news of our engagement."

Engagement?

Seeing his obviously stiff expression, a surge of pleasure rose in her heart.

Announcing it in front of so many people, Asher Land couldn’t back out even if he wanted to. With Nathan Land’s means and ways, he would never allow Asher to embarrass him by saying ’no’ in front of so many people.

Asher suddenly thought of the way Sophie Smith smiled at him, realizing that she had known everything, yet she was still pretending that nothing was wrong in front of him.

"Brother Asher, do you want to hear the second secret?" She leaned closer, the smile on her lips growing more pronounced.

The second secret was that Sophie Smith would leave him, and Nathan Land would not let her go and would take her life.

"Tell me," he said word by word.

"Sorry, Brother Asher, my throat hurts a bit now, I don’t want to say it."

His fists were clenched tightly, being toyed by Irene like this truly infuriated him.

"Irene, don’t make me say it a second time!"

Heh, was he angry? She couldn’t believe he would call her Irene?

"Brother Asher, don’t yell at me. What if I forget what I was going to say when you yell?" She sat on the sofa, picked up a wine glass, and took a leisurely sip of red wine, "This is related to Sister Sophie’s life, you know?"

Asher Land ran out of patience, snatching the wine glass from her hands and smashing it on the ground. With a slight exertion of his large hand, he pulled her body up.

"Must I use force?" His cold eyes stared at her, making Irene’s heart tremble, but this time, she didn’t plan to back down.

"Brother Asher, I’m not yielding to soft or hard tactics now, do as you wish!"

He threw her to the corner of the wall, his large hand grasping her fair neck, pinning her body against the cold wall.

"Do you believe I could strangle you right now?"

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