CHAPTER 237- We are here to help you

AUTHOR'S POV

“Francis, what are we doing here?” Wide-eyed Beatrice enquired, looking around the incomplete building they had arrived in a few minutes ago.

Francis chuckled, noticing the way she was shivering. Was she scared to be alone with him? He couldn't help but wonder as he watched her body covered up with goosebumps.

He grabbed her arm, hoisting her against his hard chest. From how close their proximity was, he could feel how wild her heart was beating. He bent down so that his mouth was close to her ear, before whispering to her. “What do you think?”

Turning in his arms, Beatrice stared at him for a moment. She swallowed hard but managed to make her words come out steady. “ I- I don't think I can guess.” She moved away from him a little bit, creating a distance between them. After that day he rescued her from her devilish siblings, he had also made sure that she acquired all of her wealth to her name and right now, all the properties that her late mother owned was now in her