She paused for a moment. Seeing that the man seemed serious, she suddenly remembered their first encounter when he saved her. The moment he pulled her out of the water, his handsome face was full of seriousness and coldness.

She tried to suppress the panic in her heart.

"Is there a problem, Mr. Corrigan?"

"I didn’t do anything to make you disappointed or hate me, did I?" Alaric asked with a serious expression.

"I also didn’t break any part of our agreement, right?" he added. Emerald almost hugged herself from the chill in Alaric's voice.

She was a little surprised. She hadn’t expected him to suddenly bring up the three...