Chapter 160

What she wants?

Mia wasn’t naive. She knew very well that Christopher wouldn’t be able to get out of this mess without her. It seemed he had made the mistake of angering Arthur and at least, she was able to help him. Even if it meant giving up her own freedom.

Why she was so nice to the same man who had abandoned her many times when she needed him but now she felt the urge to give herself up to help him… she didn’t know. But he was her brother and she felt somewhat responsible for him.

“I… I want my brother safe,” she began to speak after a moment's pause. “I want him to leave alive. I want to see him leave alive and for your men to never go after him again.”

“And in return, you’ll take my offer,” he mused. Mia nodded and the smirk on Arthur’s face widened.

“That’s a deal,” he responded, his tone final. Mia felt a little bit of relief, even though her heart pounded in her chest.

Then, his hand snaked up her arm and she gasped at how warm his palm was on her cool skin. Up her arm, to h