Chapter 256

Ten minutes later, he walked straight into the private room of the café and saw Violet Jordan, who'd vanished for a week. The second Edward Hawthorne stepped in, Violet's tense lips curved into a smile. She stood up quickly, trying to grab his arm. "Edward, you’re finally here—" Before she could finish, Edward pulled his arm back and sat down without even looking at her. "What do you want?" His voice was cutting, cold enough to chill the air. The look in his eyes was pure disgust. Violet’s smile faltered, but she quickly sat back down, pretending nothing happened. "Edward, we were lovers once... Can’t you at least be a little nicer to me? I mean, that night, you were more than enthusiastic. My legs are still sore, you know…” "No need for nonsense. Just say it—what do you really want?" he snapped, not interested in hearing any more. "You should know exactly what I want— I want to be with you!" Seeing that he clearly wasn’t going to humor her, Violet dropped the pretense and said it outr