Chris wasn’t worried about this. He thought Alice wouldn’t say yes, no matter what. She is a married woman, after all. Keith is a good man too. I would say he’s one of the best in this city, but Ethan’s a bit better. Chris thought Alice would unequivocally refuse him. “I’ll turn the speaker on so you can hear their conversation.” Chris turned the speaker on so Ethan could hear Alice refuse the proposal.

Alice was about to ask Keith about that event seven years ago, but she couldn’t be too direct. If Keith was the one who slept with her, then it would be fine, but if he was not, it would be awkward for both of them.

Just when she was about to ask him if he had found her again and saved her back then, he proposed. She froze for a few moments and quickly wondered why Keith would propose. Does that mean he was the one who slept with me? Why else would anyone propose to a woman they have barely met?

For a moment, Alice was stunned by how forward Keith was. She was already suspecting that he might be the one who slept with her, and now she was almost certain. It is very possible that he’s Apollo’s father.

The sudden proposal came as a surprise, and she was shocked. Before she even realized it, she blurted, “You don’t have to do this.”

he was the man who slept with her, there was no need for him to do this. He didn’t have to marry her over responsibility. There was no need to marry her even if he was Apollo’s father. What

that supposed to mean? Is that a refusal? I think it does, but it doesn’t sound like it. It feels like she’s playing hard to get, though. She’s Ethan’s wife. What is she doing? Oh no. Ethan must have heard that too. Christ blurted, “That was a refusal. Not a total one though, but it was still

wife, and now another man

I must marry you.” Keith stared

She was taken aback by the proposal, so her refusal might sound a bit too soft. He thinks there’s space to negotiate. She was trying to come up with a way to turn him down gently. He saved her, and he might have been the one who slept with her seven years ago, making him

responsible guy, so she wanted to make

Ethan. She could tell him she was married and keep the name of her husband a secret, but she knew Keith would be able to find out who it was if he wanted to. “You don’t have to.” She wanted to tell him there was no need to take

about his work, but he could tell her everything else. “I put on a Casanova facade for work. That event I held that night was all for work.

guessed he was putting on an act. He was a collected, disciplined, and responsible man. He was powerful as well. If he’s Apollo’s

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