Chapter 209: Third (4)
“Hmm, well, that’ll do…” Adler, looking down at Lestrade who knelt and prostrated before her after delivering her sultry line, finally lifted her foot and whispered in a low voice.
“That was a close pass.”
Then Adler, pressing down forcefully on her head that was touching the cold ground.
“Thank you… I appreciate it.”
‘…Damn, what the hell.’
However, contrary to his words and actions, his face hidden in the fog was flushed with confusion.
‘I surely thought she’d hit me by now…?’
Even the accidental lip bump that happened caused Lestrade, the inspector, to react violently, as if her body was rejecting it.
Thus, when the situation was slightly more provocatively driven, she thought Lestrade would break and give in.