Falling for My Contractual Wife

Chapter 27

Louise Adkins felt like she had thrown caution to the wind tonight.

She had lived here for over half a month, yet Brian Francis had never touched her.

Although Brian meant to wait until after marriage to touch her, these days, she had a lingering worry; it might be better to make things official sooner rather than later.

She couldn’t believe that despite her intentionally alluring demeanor tonight, he managed to maintain self–restraint.

Brian’s brow slightly furrowed, yet his gaze remained indifferent without the slightest change.

“Brian…” Louise seized the opportunity to hook her arm around his neck, her eyes glazed as she leaned towards him.

Brian remained motionless, yet his body visibly tensed for a moment. “Louise, you still have a wound on your waist. It’s easy to strain it like this.”

His voice was calm, devoid of any hint of desire, as if his sole concern was for her waist injury.

“Don’t leave, stay with me… Brian, don’t you want me?” Louise disregarded all boundaries and clung to him. Moving closer, she used a seductive tone, ‘Brian, please don’t go, okay?”

“Louise, you’ve had too much to drink,” Brian’s gaze darkened as he grabbed her wrist.

Louise’s heart sank, she thought,

‘Drank too much?

‘So, he still refuses to sleep with me?‘

He forcibly removed her hand from himself, placing it on the bed, and tucked her in with the blanket. “I’ll stay here with you. Go to sleep.”

Having been handled this way, Louise lacked the courage to push further, it would only make her appear undignified.

Seeing she hadn’t opened her eyes, Brian sat for a while before getting up and quietly leaving, treading lightly.

Louise opened her clear eyes as the faint sound of the door closing echoed.

After showering, Brian lay in bed but couldn’t fall asleep for a long time. He couldn’t fathom why, even though he hadn’t slept well in the past few days at the office, tonight was no different despite returning home.

After tossing and turning for two hours, Brian got up, went downstairs to the liquor cabinet, grabbed a bottle of alcohol, and took a big gulp straight from the bottle.

The intense alcohol spread down his throat, yet he seemed oblivious to the taste as he gulped down another large mouthful.

nearly half of the alcohol in the bottle.

seemed to sharpen further amidst the alcohol

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his room to rest, but his steps, as if under some mysterious

out of it; he thought, ‘Why on earth had I ended up in Grace

Goodness gracious!

close the door when he noticed the medicine bottle on the floor. He had picked it up from the trash can that night. It seemed that after their argument that

could almost envision her struggling

ignited a

the bed, throwing them onto the floor before storming out and slamming the door shut.

the nearby

got up, came out, and saw Brian heading toward the living room, seeming to know what had transpired. “Mr. Brian, if you’re missing

are you talking about?” Brian’s brow furrowed, and

Miss Sherman’s room? If you miss her, take

are you trying to read my mind now?”

“Not at all,”

Melvin hastily replied,

no feelings for Grace Sherman, and in the future, Melvin, mind your own business!

departing figure, not

room, turned the doorknob, and found the

squatting to gather the bedsheets and taking them to the laundry room. Pouring Grace’s preferred detergent into the washing machine and starting it, he sighed again, muttering

them can pretend not to care.”

early and

last night where she

door handle tightly, the tips turning

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was because I was drunk. Starting

front of Brian Francis, the Louise Adkins as

noticed Melvin Duncan, the butler, outside hanging clothes

Grace Sherman mention when she’ll

Adkins, I’m not aware of that either, Melvin replied respectfully, pausing his

gentle breeze blew by, and suddenly, Louise caught a whiff of