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    However, Kaiden was still angry with Ellie and didn’t even look at her.


    “Ma’am, Mr. Thorpe owns fifty percent of this restaurant. Naturally, the owner would reserve a private room for Mr. Thorpe whenever he requests it,” Bruce exined, noticing Kaiden’s silence. He had contacted the owner of the restaurant two hours ago to book a private room, as Kaiden had instructed.


    “Did you say he owns fifty percent of this restaurant?” Ellie asked in shock.


    Bruce nodded and exined, “Not only that, but all the houses here are Mr. Thorpe’s property. In order to open his restaurant here, the owner of this restaurant entered into amercial partnership with Mr. Thorpe who let him use his real estate in exchange for fifty percent Of the restaurant business. so it’s only natural that…


    The restaurant owner had amercial partnership with Mr. Thorpe, who let him use his real estate in exchange for fifty percent of the restaurant business, so it was only natural that the owner did as Mr. Thorpe instructed.


    The old houses on this street were each worth hundreds of millions of dors, though these were mainly nominal prices. Kaiden owned all of them.


    “No wonder he doesn’t like a twenty-dor cup of milk tea,” Ellie muttered with a sigh.


    Kaiden heard her, and it pushed his patience to the limit. Grabbing the back of her neck tightly, he said as he walked toward the reserved private room, “You really need to be tamed.”


    Ellie felt a shiver run through her. Her instincts told her not to talk back to Kaiden at that moment.


    They had dinner, and the food was as delicious as Ellie had imagined. Later that night, when they returned home, Kaiden pressed Ellie against the wall the moment they entered. She hadn’t seen iting, and it was toote to react.


    He stood behind her and, without saying a word, tore her clothes off one by one, letting them fall to the floor. A cold draft brushed against her bare skin, making her shiver.


    “Kai… Kaiden…” she muttered helplessly.


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    “Ellie, I told you that you need to be tamed,” Kaiden said, his face expressionless.


    “Are you still upset?” As soon as Ellie finished speaking, she felt something wrap around her wrists. She turned and saw it was the tie she had been looking for but couldn’t find.


    Kaiden bound her wrists with it once again, leaving her unable to struggle.


    “What do you think?” Kaiden whispered as he kissed her earlobe. The warm, wet touch of his lips sent a shiver through her.


    Then she heard him whisper menacingly, “Think carefully about why I’m unhappy.”


    “Why do you need to tie my hands?” Ellie protested, trying to break free. She hated that he used this tie—it felt humiliating. It was supposed to be a thank-you gift she had prepared for Theo.


    “If you figure out why I’m unhappy, I’ll untie you,” Kaiden replied calmly. As far as he was concerned, he was being generous, giving her a way out.


    He felt she should thank him.


    “Kaiden… Hmm…”


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