How the Ice King Became my Doting Billionaire Husband

Morwenna gasped as she peered down the towering staircase.

One wrong step and she'd surely end up with a sprained ankle, or worse.

The thought of doctor's bills and medication costs flashed through her mind in that split second, her worries tangling into a thick knot of anxiety about money.

But the anticipated hurt never arrived. Strong arms snagged her at the very last moment.

It was Stuart who had grabbed her.

Stunned, Morwenna found herself looking into Stuart's eyes.

As a kid back in the small mountain town where she grew up, there was an old apple tree that all the kids loved to climb.

Parents would always be there at the bottom, arms wide open and ready to catch their kid if they were to fall.

But that wasn't the case for her.

No matter how many times she fell, no one was there to catch her.

She learned to pick herself up.

to expect to

one of those kids again, safely caught after a

gaze was distant and bewildered as she whispered, "Stuart,

to ask him, right then and there, what their

be careful, are you alright?" Adelaide rushed over, a

words Morwenna had been about to say were suddenly swallowed

like placing a delicate pillow on a

fingertips lingered momentarily, betraying a hint of reluctance to

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stood side

Morwenna realize Adelaide was also there

seemed to want all three of them to attend

like

the part of the caring sister, cautioned her, "Ms. Winslet, be careful. That dress you're wearing is quite expensive. It would be a shame if it got torn." Stuart briefly scanned the gown

Winslet pick her dress, but you arranged

a million

"I didn't

was puzzled. How could it not be

a poorly concealed delight as she quickly said, "Dresses in the second floor dresses are not something everyone can afford. Maybe

implication was pretty clear that Morwenna was