Chapter 131: The Kiss She Would Not Take
Of course Elias was not going to behave that obediently.
If he turned docile in front of Serena Blackwood, he would no longer be Elias Kane.
He began struggling hard enough that Serena, who had not seen him for days and had unwillingly missed him during that time, felt her temper flare almost at once. She could not understand how someone who had come home hurt, muddy, and bleeding still had this much energy left for rebellion.
Liora stood in the entry hall and watched the two of them drag each other toward the stairs. They looked less like a dangerous woman hauling an injured man to be cleaned up and more like two children fighting over who had the right to win. Serena pulled. Elias resisted. The house staff froze in place, wanting to help and not daring to touch either of them.
Then, in a brief blind spot outside Serena's line of sight, Elias's face changed.
