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.”

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

the scent, Alice noticed the bottle of elixir that Ethan didn’t have time to get rid of. “What’s that

she felt Ethan rubbing her face. It was why she told him to go lighter. “You were going to use that to get rid of my

said nothing. That was the truth. Things would be simpler if the scar was gotten rid of, but he failed. That made

months and then she would leave. She wouldn’t step out of line, disturb him, or pry. We had a deal, so

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

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 months. After that, she would be

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 I can’t deny that. What’s

brilliant mind and knew he had to escape this situation. He covered

Alice blinked. Ethan felt her eyelashes brushing against his hand, tickling him. The sensation

forget about her question. “If you think my

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