Morwenna shot Stuart a look as if he were some kind of lecher.

Stuart rolled his eyes at her. "Relax. I'm not interested in little girls like you."

Morwenna pouted. "So, we're just going to sleep beside each other. That's it?"

"Yep."

"Can I sleep in the middle of the bed, with a pillow between us?"

"Sure."

"And instead of paying back the orchids, can I plant some vegetables in the backyard?"

Stuart's face darkened with impatience. "Whatever you want."

Seeing Stuart on the brink of losing his temper, Morwenna quickly agreed.

She reassured herself internally. After all, she and Stuart were married, so sharing a bed was only natural.

could fund the small mountain school for months.

and briskly

soft, carrying a scent like cedar wood, similar to Stuart's natural

she couldn't understand why Stuart would agree to the arrangement since

handsome profile and the small mole near his eye, which somehow made his cold gaze all the more enchanting, as if

she looked away, her cheeks warming. She thought

and Morwenna soon drifted off to sleep

this

noticed that she

fell asleep in front of him? Without any guard

used to solitude. Indeed, no one dared to rest

sleeping beside him as resting beside a venomous snake,

a long while, listening

mood softened, and he closed

making a phone call,

to Stuart's room.

was much faster than he'd

cold, hardened interior, unlikely ever to trust enough to marry or have children. So, he resorted to such extreme measures to get Stuart to agree to

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