She felt everything started spinning around her.

Josie's consciousness was nearly hazy. Everything there was familiar to her, including the person next to her, yet she felt a sense of discomfort.

This discomfort faded quickly as Dexter's large hand rested on her cheek, forcing her to look at him.

"Who?" he questioned.

She attempted to resist. "I didn't mean anything more than what I said."

The words Preston had spoken still echoed in her ears, "If you don't want to stay, don't torment him."

In the instant Dexter's body sunk down, Josie couldn't help but cry out in surprise. Her brows were tightly knit as she wondered who was truly tormenting whom.

In times like those, he never showed her any mercy. His actions were neither gentle nor harsh, causing her voice to break. Strangely enough, that only made him more excited, his veins bulging on the back of his hand.

Josie narrowed her eyes, striving to keep herself alert.

Suddenly, she asked, "Dexter, am I tormenting you?"

His actions halted abruptly, his voice deep and hoarse. "What?”

made her instinctively shrink back. He let out a

position, facing the neon-lit street. "I've decided

swept her damp hair to one side.

"Warren."

get married and have

her voice steady. "The Olsen family also

parents'

issue before, but for the affluent Olsen family, the existence of Grape was insignificant. However, Paul had supported her for many years, and leaving him an heir was only

have known about the existence of Grape, and I'm not obligated to

movements were both gentle and light as if to comfort her. "I'll do as you ask,

were ruthless, and in the end, he

if time itself

Dexter got going, there was no end in sight, which led to Josie not

hour, only a few scattered lights were still

lit as usual, a testament to the extravagant lifestyle she had grown accustomed to. She carefully slipped through the door and as she looked up, she was met with

of worry etched on her face, shaking her head at

aback. "Why

person was unmistakably Claudia. She had already consumed most of

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