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"You... Why didn't you say all this before?" Brandis Mercer possessed a sorrowful and aggrieved expression, "I... I thought he was respectfully protecting you all this time while maintaining the perfect distance, that he had finally changed from being a womanizer to a guardian..."

"I..." Tina Roxley wryly smiled, "As I said, I didn't have any evidence. Aurelius himself was careful, knowing when to back down as he bided his time, perhaps, slowly trying to whittle down my resistance towards him while showing good faith like buying me expensive resources..."

"Nevertheless, with the resources he gave me, I secretly bought a Peak-Level King Grade Formation, Lesser Five Elements Formation to kill him if he ever made a move to force me in my bedroom."

"What...? How did you do that...!?" Brandis Mercer became stunned.