I Only Want You novel Chapter 9

The floor was littered with cigarette butts.

When the cigarette case was empty, James Lu finally took a deep breath. As soon as he walked out of the stairwell, he saw Elizabeth Liang with her wound bandaged and curled up in a ball, sitting on a hallway bench with her thin arms wrapped tightly around herself.

People walked in and out of the hallway, but she just sat there quietly, like an abandoned child.

He walked over and stood beside her. "Are you done?"

Elizabeth looked up and saw that it was him. "Yeah." "Where are you going? Should I give you a ride?"

She shook her head.

She once had her uncle's family. But now, she had no one, not even a place to live.

Elizabeth didn't mention on the way here why she was standing outside of the gate with her luggage. James only assumed that the marks on her body had angered her family.

She didn't speak, but he couldn't be bothered to care at the moment.

"Well then, Miss Liang, take care."

"Mr. Lu..." Elizabeth saw that he turned around to leave, so she grabbed a corner of his suit.

James stopped in his tracks and looked back at her. "Miss Liang?"

"Are you... willing to..." Elizabeth looked into his eyes and swallowed. "Marry me?"

James's handsome face looked irritated as he said impatiently, "I think I made it very clear this morning. I can't give you anything other than money."

Marry him? Did she lose her mind?

"I heard... your phone call..." Elizabeth didn't know what the person at the other end had said, but she definitely understood every word of his. "I'm pretty sure you need someone to marry right now, both to satisfy your parents and to save your face."

Hearing her words, James's eyes became frighteningly fierce. A turbulent storm was brewing inside them, but there was no emotion on his face.

As if things weren't bad enough already, of course, Elizabeth had to witness his embarrassment. James couldn't hide his ire any more. He raised his big hand and grabbed her delicate chin. "So you're threatening me?"

He held her chin with crushing strength.

But Elizabeth did not cry out in pain, she only frowned.