In her heart, Asher Land has always been invincible.
Whatever he wants, he will undoubtedly go to any lengths to obtain.
Perhaps, before he met her, no one could ever make him do anything he didn't want to do. But ever since he has been with her, because of her, the pain he's endured is unprecedented.
"Irene..."
"Don't call me that," Irene Morton interrupts Sophie Smith, who was about to speak. "That name is only for those close to me—my parents or Brother Asher. But never you."
Sophie Smith abandoned the last impulse to speak with Irene, shaking her head indifferently.
"Miss Morton, I understand everything you want to say to me. If there's nothing else, you may leave."
"Are you asking me to leave?" Irene snorts coldly. "What's your authority?"
Sophie Smith remains silent for a moment, about to say something when the door is knocked.
"Sophie, open the door. Why did you lock it?"
Outside, it's Asher Land's anxious voice.
