Chater 4 "Then forget it." Theo's voice was low, cutting through the air with an icy finality.

Adrian instantly closed his mouth. Without another word, he hurried to open the car door, his movements sharp and efficient.

By the time Benson staggered home, it was already night. He stumbled through the door, clearly drunk, and started yelling the moment he crossed the threshold.

"Where's Sierra? Didn't she come to apologize yet? Tell her to make me my special hangover remedy!"

It wasn't long before the housekeeper emerged from another part of the house.

"Young Mr. Gray, Ms. Shaw isn't here," she said politely.

Benson froze, a frown of disbelief settling on his face. He pulled out his phone and scrolled through the messages he'd sent Sierra earlier, instructing her to have his hangover remedy ready. No reply.

Well, well, well. So Sierra dared to ignore him.

His fury simmered beneath the surface, and with a sharp motion, he flung his phone onto the bed, his expression darkening.

The housekeeper, sensing the storm brewing in his mood, spoke cautiously. "Young Mr. Gray, would you like me to prepare the hangover remedy instead?"

"No! Get out!" Benson snapped, his voice sharp and cutting.

and slipped out of the room, closing the door behind

the sharp tang of freshly

blinked a few times before noticing a

a moment, disorientation swept over her, and a flicker of hope sparked in her chest. Her voice, hoarse from

"Benson?"

voice. Slowly,

him, his features were

eyelashes cast faint shadows beneath his eyes only amplified the natural intensity and sharpness he seemed to

in her eyes vanished in an instant.

Why

It was Theo-Benson's uncle.

disappointed to see me?" His voice was cool and edged with a teasing trace of

he approached the bed.

him. She forced herself to

for

second time you've mistaken me for someone

sharp tone cut through the air,

her thoughts drifted back to the first

had gone there looking for Benson and had spotted a young man standing in the garden with

similar to Benson's, and he was even wearing the same style of white loungewear

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