She Has Three Little Treasures: Fake Heiress, Yet Captures The Tycoon's Heart-Chapter 977: You Have to Keep Your Distance from Me

Raina was speechless: "You’re too easygoing, Pip Finch doesn’t know how to be polite."

Elias Hawthorne smiled: "Why be polite? Since he’s your brother, he’s also my brother. Besides, he’s already called me brother-in-law, so I can’t be stingy."

Raina: "...So, it’s all because of that ’brother-in-law’ call."

Elias said: "I can’t let my Raina lose face."

"I’m not worried about losing face at all." Anyway, face is one of those things that’s not really useful when you think about it, Raina eyed Elias sideways: "Then should I also call you brother-in-law, and you’ll be this generous to me too, okay?"

"What’s so good about calling me brother-in-law?" Elias vaguely wrapped his arm around Raina’s waist, leaned down to her ear, warm breath brushing against her ear: "You should call me husband, I’d give you my life."

Raina’s face blushed fiercely, her blood surged, and then—

Raina gasped, inhaling sharply, as the sudden surge of pain turned her face pale.

Elias’s expression changed immediately: "What? Does it hurt again? Let me see."

Elias was filled with regret; he shouldn’t have let his emotions draw him closer to Raina. He knew well that once Raina’s blood surged, it would trigger the Love Venom.

"It’s nothing, nothing." Raina quickly held Elias’s slightly trembling hand, looked at his eyes filled with guilt, worry, and regret, and said softly: "It’s not the Insect Venom acting up, just a stitch."

Elias was slightly taken aback, he scrutinized Raina’s condition, seeing that although there was pain lingering in her brow, it was indeed not like an Insect Venom episode.

Elias breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Then, he pulled away from Raina’s hand, firmly stating: "From this moment on, until the Insect Venom is resolved, you need to keep your distance from me."

Raina looked at Elias in disbelief: "Elias, you can’t be serious."

She thought, it couldn’t be true.

Even though they hadn’t yet crossed that final line, they’d shared plenty of intimate moments.

No one knew Elias’s lustful longing better than she did.

Frankly, Elias was like a starving wolf, his eyes turning green with hunger.

But now, Elias was telling her to keep their distance.

It was as absurd as saying a wild beast had turned vegetarian.

However, looking into Elias’s determined eyes, Raina slowly realized he was indeed serious.

"It’s not that serious. The Love Venom isn’t that terrifying, really." Raina promised, her earnest look was just shy of making a vow.

However, this was not enough to convince Elias.

Especially after watching countless documentaries on the Insect Venom, and seeing the gruesome deaths of people controlled by Claire Lowell’s Insect Venom.

The very thought sent shivers down his spine.

"Elias..." Raina still wanted to persuade the man, but as she opened her mouth, Elias had already turned resolutely away.

Raina was dumbfounded; she hadn’t expected Elias to leave her just like that.

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At this time, Pip Finch leaned over: "Orion, uh no, Orion-sis, hurry up, if you keep dawdling, my brother-in-law will be far gone."

Raina glared angrily at Pip Finch, snapping: "Shut up! Say one more word, and you’ll come over and spar with me!"