The Understated Dragon Lord novel Chapter 699

"I think I smell something... a whiff of jealousy. It smells like... Belle, are you jealous of Victoria?" Danny tantalizingly teased.

Whack!

Belle's response was swift as her hand struck Danny's handsome face. Not too hard, just enough to make his head turn slightly, brushing his nose against her chest ever so lightly.

Belle was stunned. Danny was stunned too.

"Country boy, you filthy pervert!" Belle screamed as if volume alone would prove her the victim.

"How am I a pervert now?" Danny was genuinely bewildered. Though he hadn't really suffered in that brief moment of contact, on the contrary, having snagged a small, unintended advantage, he did not consider himself a pervert. It was an accident, not deliberate.

"Why am I a pervert?" Belle shot him an angered look and scolded fiercely, "You damned country boy, taking advantage in broad daylight—I'll beat you to death!"

To hide her unsettled feelings, Belle launched an onslaught on Danny. In truth, that accidental touch had sent a pleasant shiver through her, a tingling sensation like a current of electricity.

Deep down, she was well aware of Danny's character and knew the inadvertent contact was just that—an accident. But even as an accident, she blamed him and decided he would owe her for it. Someday, she might bring it up again to cajole the country boy into doing her bidding.

"I'm sorry, Belle!"

"I won't do it again, Belle!"

"Please forgive me, Belle!"

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