Chapter 814 You Think I’m Stupid?

Sotiria paused in her footsteps and curled the corners of her lips disdainfully. “How would you like me to thank you, Mr. Connor? Would you like me to be your lover, just like the last time you saved me at that bridge?” Zachary gently raised his dark shapely brows. “Sure.” “Heh.” Sotiria couldn’t contain herself from releasing a chuckle. She turned around and looked at the regal Zachary, yet she looked at him as if she were staring at a wretched villain. “You have a reputation, Mr. Connor. I’ve heard that you may be a formidable living devil, but you’re loyal and have principles. You would never cross the line in order to achieve your objectives. However, the more I understand you, the more I realize that whoever said that about you doesn’t understand you at all. You’re just like those shady businessmen who prioritize profit. You’ve resorted to so many filthy tactics just to achieve your objective.” Zachary, who had arrived in front of Sotiria, had a sunken look in his eyes. “Stop beating around the bush. If you have a point, get to it.” Despite Zachary’s powerful, ice-cold aura, Sotiria proudly lifted her face and bravely looked him in the eye. “You know perfectly well what you’ve done. You’ve tried to seduce me, over and over again, just to have your vengeance on Garrison. You failed in getting what you want, so you’ve come up with all sorts of undignified tactics… It was you who gave the order to slip something into my drink. It was you who made those two men knock me out and take me to the suite to humiliate me. You did that so that you could play the knight in shining armor again, just like that day in Rainbow Bridges!” At that moment, the extreme shock created a small crack in Zachary’s perfect, glacier-like face—he never showed his emotions. “Hah! What’s wrong? I thought you wanted me to thank you? Have you been rendered speechless because I’ve seen right through you?” Sotiria stared at Zachary with even more disdain when she remembered everything that dirty, unshaken man had done to her. “The noblest man in Rothesay, indeed. From where I see it, Mr. Connor, you’re nothing but a two-faced, hypocritical villain.” She turned around and left as soon as she said this. However, Zachary grabbed her wrist from behind before she could take a step forward. Despite his icy exterior, his palm was especially warm. She felt as if an electric current had spread through his entire body from the part of the skin on her wrist, held by his hand. It made her tremble all over immediately. “Mr. Connor…” She took a deep breath in order to force herself to remain calm. “Please let go of— Ah!” Her own screams cut herself off because not only did Zachary not release her, but he also dragged her behind. He was so strong that Sotiria’s weight felt like a kite to him. He dragged her, toyed with her, turned her around, and pulled her firmly into his arms. She panicked and wanted to push him away, but his iron-like right arm was wrapped around her waist, pulling her body even tighter against him, facing him. At that moment, Sotiria actually lost control again. Her heart pounded like lightning, and her face was as red as a tomato. Even her breathing had grown rapid. “Do you think I’m stupid?” Zachary, who had an incomparable face, stared down at her in a domineering manner. His clear voice and warm breath brushed against her flaming cheeks. Sotiria’s lips trembled. She mumbled incoherently, “I… Everyone says that you have a high IQ. I’m just calling you a hypocrite. I never thought you were… stupid…” Zachary smirked. “Then what makes you think that I’d actually need to go through that much trouble to stoop to such tactics, just to pursue a woman who’s already fallen for me?” ‘What!?’ Sotiria, whose thoughts were already a mess from Zachary’s deadly charms, needed at least three seconds to realize that the “woman who had already fallen for him” was her… She immediately exploded. “Zachary, I never agreed to be your lover. What makes you think you could say that!?”