Because You Are My Lady

Chapter 801

Upon listening to Vincent's words, Elaine was stunned.

What did he just say?

"Are you saying that... you want to imprison me?" Regaining her voice, Elaine asked in a daze.

"If that's what you think, yeah." Vincent pursed his lips.

Instantly, Elaine got furious. "How could you do that? Mr. Bradbury, it's illegal to imprison someone. You can't do this to me!"

Chuckling, Vincent said, "Well, I've killed someone before and that's illegal too."

Hearing that, Elaine couldn't utter a single word.

Indeed, he was still not captured after killing people.

She didn't know what to say anymore, so she got up and wanted to leave.

Even if it would take her hours to walk back downtown, she would still do it.

She would not ask him for help anymore!

Suddenly, there was a 'beep' sound behind her. She didn't take it to heart at all as she pushed the door, but she couldn't open it.

Elaine was shocked for a moment. Then she frowned and tried again harder. But still, the door wouldn't open.

Having no choice, she turned around and asked, "What have you done?"

Vincent, who was leaning against the headboard, asked back casually, "What have I done?"

Right then, Elaine noticed that he was holding something like a mini remote control in his hand, so she directly asked, "What is that thing in your hand?"

"This?" With his hand raised, Vincent answered, "Oh. It's a key."

"What key?" Elaine had a bad feeling in her heart.

"It's a smart key for the door," he said with an evil smile.

She knew it was him!

As expected, he locked the door!

Standing still, Elaine was angry but she couldn't do anything. She glared at the man in frustration, demanding, "Why did you lock the door? Open the door and let me out!"

"Have you forgotten what I said earlier? You're not leaving here today." "Why are you doing this? What good will it do for you to imprison me?"

"I'm not imprisoning you. I just hope that you could stay to accompany me." His voice was soft and his eyes were filled with joy.

Elaine was surprised.

"Can't you tell? I like you."

Hearing that, she was stunned to the spot and widened her eyes in shock. She couldn't say a word.

In the end, she merely stood there in silence.

Vincent looked her up and down for a moment, then he suddenly waved at her. "Come here."

But she didn't move.

He then lay down on the bed, mumbling, "I'm sleepy now, but I can't fall asleep without you by my side."

Elaine was choked speechless.

Her body trembled slightly, and the tip of her ears became hot.

Noticing that she was embarrassed, he gazed at her with a smile.

She didn't dare to look at him at all, so she drooped her head.

"Come here, or do you want me to carry you?"

Yet, she still wouldn't move.

Suddenly, she heard him get up. Startled, she looked up and said, "S-stop there! I-I'll come by myself!"

Vincent stood still and watched her in silence.

Gritting her teeth, she had no choice but to walk over.

As soon as she got close to him, he let out a soft laugh and pulled her onto the bed, hugging her tightly from behind. Gently, he then rubbed his chin against her neck and Elaine didn't dare to move a bit.

Fortunately, he didn't do anything further.

Only then was she relieved.

She closed her eyes and contemplated something.

After a long while, she moved, struggling to get up. Vincent sensed that and snorted discontentedly. "What are you doing?"

"I'm thirsty..."

"You want to drink water?"

"Yeah."

Vincent let go of her and got up to make a call, to which she hurriedly stopped him. "No need to call for the servants. I can go get the water myself."

With a pause, Vincent turned her face to him and looked into her eyes deeply. "Are you trying to

escape?"

Unafraid, she returned his gaze and replied, "No, but if you don't trust me, you can come with me. I just don't wanna bother the butler."

Vincent laughed and pulled her out of bed.

She was startled by his action.

"Let's go get some water. I'm thirsty too."

As they walked towards the bedroom door, Vincent took out the smart key and pressed it. With a beep, the door was automatically bounced open.

Elaine drew back her gaze.

Then, he pushed open the door and took her out. Outside, they saw a sneaky servant and Vincent's face turned cold. "What are you doing?"

The servant was shocked to see them coming out all of a sudden and stammered, "Morgan was worried about... Miss Jacob, so he asked me to come up and take a look. Sir, I didn't do anything. I just stood outside and listened."

Vincent was slightly annoyed.

Seeing that the servant was frightened, Elaine pulled Vincent's sleeve and said, "Don't be angry. It's not a big deal."

He glanced at her in silence.

"Morgan said that you're usually easily annoyed when you just get up, so he's worried that you'll scold me when I come up."

"Oh. He seems quite concerned about you. Anyway, let's go get some water," Vincent commented faintly. Please check at N/ôvel(D)rama.Org.

"Sure."

Downstairs, seeing that the two were getting along well, Morgan let out a sigh of relief.

"Morgan, is there any water? I'm thirsty." Elaine asked with a warm smile.

"Yes, yes. Please follow me."

"Uh, I gotta use the bathroom first. I'll be back soon," she said with an uncomfortable look.

Then, she broke free from Vincent's grip. Initially, Vincent wanted to follow her, but she left in such a hurry, so Morgan could only order the servant to follow her.

"What are you worried about, sir?" Seeing Vincent staring at her back, Morgan teased, "Are you worried that Miss Jacob will run away?"

"Oh well, she's afraid of me. When I'm around, she's always on guard. I know that she wants to escape."

Knowing that this was the first time Vincent had a feeling towards a girl, Morgan advised, "Take it slow, Mr. Bradbury. Miss Jacob has always lived in a simple and innocent world. Perhaps she hasn't been able to accept what she saw the other day yet. But do give her some time."

Vincent said nothing and went to sit on the sofa to wait for her.

Shortly, Elaine came back to the living room in a good mood and took the two cups of tea from Morgan before saying briskly to Vincent, "Let's head back upstairs and take a nap. I'm getting sleepy too."

Vincent was surprised to see her change of attitude.

Just now, she was still looking at him as if he was her enemy.

What a fickle girl!

On the other hand, Morgan burst into laughter and said, "Alright, go have a rest. I'll ask the kitchen to prepare the soup so you guys can have it after napping."

Hearing that, Elaine gave him a sweet smile. "Thanks, Morgan."

"Okay." Vincent nodded and was about to go up.

Rolling her eyes, Elaine said, "Can't you say thank you?"

Rude.

"Fine, thank you," Vincent said.

Getting his gratitude, Morgan felt extremely flattered because he had never heard Vincent say a word of thanks in all these years.

He even thought that people like Vincent would never thank anyone.

Thinking about that, he turned to Elaine with a complicated look. It seemed that Miss Jacob's influence on Vincent was more profound than he had imagined.

She could change Vincent with just a few words.