Reborn as the Sweetheart of a Paranoid Boss-Chapter 289: Otherwise, How Would You Have Taken the Bait?

Chapter 289: Chapter 289: Otherwise, How Would You Have Taken the Bait?

If the user of the drug is in unbearable pain, the effect of the drug is to force him to endure the pain without fainting.

However, if the user’s injuries heal, then the effect of the drug will cause the user to develop a desire to self-harm.

He will go to great lengths to harm his own body, until he tears it apart, cracks it...

And while performing this series of actions, his mind remains exceptionally clear.

This is a drug developed by the Norwood Family to deal with enemies.

After the Security Division escorted The Viper Syndicate members away, Sterling looked at Spencer.

"Clean up The Viper Syndicate members thoroughly before coming back."

"Understood."

Upon receiving the order, Spencer left with the Hidden Guard from the Norwood Family.

Sterling looked down at Selena Kensington, "Return with me first?"

Selena hesitated a bit, "I still have some things at the hotel..."

Sterling glanced behind Selena, "Let those two bring them back."

"...Alright."

Afterward, Selena went back to instruct Lea Dutton to take care of Hope Norwood and come back together with her in the morning.

"Don’t worry, sister, I’ll take good care of Ah Hope."

After giving instructions to the two for a while, Selena followed Sterling onto the helicopter to fly back to Aethelgard first.

*

On the helicopter.

Selena sat beside Sterling, her head resting on his chest.

Feeling the beat of his heart.

"You didn’t have an episode today..."

She murmured.

"Very obedient..."

She spoke as if soothing a child.

Sterling felt a bit helpless, but seeing Selena’s seemingly joyful, bright-eyed appearance,

he did not bother about Selena treating him like a child.

As long as she was happy.

"I’ll assign more people to follow you in the future..."

Sterling recalled today’s events. If he hadn’t arranged for Hope to be by her side at that time...

The consequences, Sterling dared not even imagine.

Yet he didn’t want her to be trapped in Aethelgard because of this.

His light should shine brightly in the world.

Yet it would only illuminate him.

Sterling admitted he indeed had selfish motives, even harbored many dark thoughts.

Though the Qiongqi bloodline brought him many dark and violent negative traits, he himself was inherently a person with predatory instincts.

He could allow her to venture into the world and receive the admiration of the people.

But she could only be confined in his realm, only illuminating him.

And it must be willingly.

He was the Family Head of the Norwood Family, trained as the heir from a young age.

From the moment Selena appeared, that territorial instinct belonging to The Vile Beasts was automatically activated.

He calculated, bit by bit, how to make her willingly step in.

Selena remembered today’s scenario, those skilled Hidden Guards of the Norwood Family.

"...Isn’t it enough to have Ah Hope?"

If possible, Selena did not want that many people following her.

Not only would she feel a bit uncomfortable, but wouldn’t others also feel uncomfortable?

Sterling pursed his lips and looked at Selena’s face.

"This face of yours is indeed very alluring."

He sighed.

Selena looked at him with a smile, "Otherwise, how else would you get caught?"

She intended to joke, but didn’t expect Sterling’s expression to be particularly earnest.

She was stunned.

The next moment, she heard Sterling’s voice, "I got caught, not because of your looks."

Selena felt a bit flushed.

The feeling she had when she heard Sterling say those words at the award ceremony resurfaced in her heart.

In the confined space, only the sound of the rotating propellers could be heard.