Chapter 30 Excessive Smartness

"And Elliot is the nephew of your good friend, Albert. I don't dare provoke him. If it were anyone else, I would beat him badly." "So you were forced." Valentino's deep and cold voice sounded again. Jade felt the words didn't sound good. Being forced meant that something filthy happened. Jade felt embarrassed. And she felt Valentino was tricking her again. Jade tried her best to explain, "No... It was like this. Elliot found out that I was from the Royal Garden that day. That was a secret I kept. Elliot probably knew that I didn't want others to know, so he asked me to pretend to be a couple with him to avoid being suspected. I thought that he did this because his uncle and you are good friends. He might just want to help me." "So you agreed." "No, absolutely not. I rejected it back then." "Was this how you rejected it?" Valentino looked at the photo taken in the dining room again. T