Chapter 258: Unintentional Care and Concern (7)

In that moment, Isabel Smith felt as if she had encountered a bewitching creature from a legend, a virtual hallucination, as if time itself had come to a halt across the world.

He said... he lost... What did he lose?

Isabel didn't quite understand the meaning behind his words, she simply stared into his eyes, not daring to move a muscle.

Percy Stanton's slender, well-proportioned fingers slowly moved from her eyelashes to her cheeks, gently caressing them.

With a provocative touch of desire, chills ran down Isabel's entire body.

"I always thought I would surely win this time. But I didn't expect that, just like six years ago, I would lose to you once again, and worse still, be utterly defeated!"

When he said this, his tone was tinged with resentment, as if he hated her, or more so himself!

Yet, the next second, his dark eyes softened, flickered with an entrancing warmth, and his voice became gentle and emotional: "But, you know what? Isabel, this time, I lost willingly."