Ethan’s face fell and he hung up. The fact that someone else heard that side of Alice filled Ethan with the urge to hit someone.

Ethan turned his attention to Alice, who was staring at him. Her eyes were still glistening, perhaps because she was suddenly woken up. One look at her eyes was enough to fill Ethan with desire. And her voice…

Still confused from waking up, she asked, “What are you doing?”

She didn’t sound as seductive as just now, but she still sounded soft. Her grandmother came from Southriver, and Alice spent a big portion of her childhood with her grandmother, so she got some of her accent. Most of the time, she would keep it hidden, but now that she had just awoken, her accent came out naturally.

The sound of her voice made Ethan’s desire flare even more, and he looked at her plump lips. After they got married, he went straight to work, only coming back today. This was their nuptial night, so to speak, and his kissing his wife was par for the course.

He went straight for the kiss, but when he leaned over, Alice frowned. “Something smells rancid. Smells like a drug.”

remembering that he only came to wipe off the scar on Alice’s face,

of elixir that Ethan didn’t have time to

normally. She remembered that when the phone call woke her up, she felt Ethan rubbing her face. It was why she

That was the truth. Things would be simpler if the scar was gotten rid of, but he failed. That made things

get divorced in six months and then she would leave. She wouldn’t step out of

to remove a disguise that was put on using the Gregorias Family’s disguising technique. It couldn’t be removed by just any drug. As a member of the Gregorias Family, it was a rule that the disguising technique was never to be given away easily. That rule was stricter when it came to the ways of taking off that disguise. No matter where or when, no member of the family was allowed to tell anyone how to

don’t you?” Alice didn’t know why Ethan did this. She thought he wouldn’t be fazed by the scar, since they weren’t a real couple anyway. Moreover, the marriage would only last six

answer. He had no experience in love, but some part of his mind told him this question was difficult to answer. It seemed like whatever he said would be wrong. I did come to get rid of her scar, and

had to

Alice blinked. Ethan felt her eyelashes brushing against his hand, tickling him. The sensation traveled from his hand to his heart, and he pushed down on her

you think my scar is unsightly, I can always stay

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