Under His Temptation
Ansel Balder has it all. Good looks, wealth, and position. People considered him a helpful and kind man, not knowing the scandals he kept from the world. Ansel Balder loves his own employee's wife. When Matthew Tjia offers Daphne Tjia, his daughter in exchange for paying off his debt, Ansel Balder agrees. Not to make her his wife, but to make Daphne Tjia as bait for fishing, Rachel Colleen the dark lover, to be jealous and willing to accept his proposal. Then, will Ansel Balder be caught in a trap he made himself?
Chapter 58
The library room is quiet again. Daphne Tjia and Alec stared at the back of Ansel Balder who disappeared behind the entry and exit points. The disturbance has gone. Daphne Tjia slowly approached, stealing Alec's fist. The man's enormously large fingers replied.
"If you don't want to go, I'm fine," Alec said.
"Don't be. I've been waiting for this day to come." Daphne Tjia had imagined holding hands in the garden, full of dragonflies and butterflies of various colors.
"Don't you want to just rest in your room? Maybe..." Alec searched for the right words to express his concern, but he felt Daphne Tjia's soul was fragile right now.
"Why? I'm fine."
"Really? If you feel sadness or anger, please tell me. You can also call Doctor Peter. Be tactful, Daphne Tjia."
"Do I often act unwisely?" Daphne Tjia asked back.
"I thought when I first met you, the decisions you made were based on a moment's thought. Maybe you didn't even think about it."