In the Lap of Luxury by Unsweetened Chestnuts

Grace was in Xander's arms. Tears shimmered in her eyes from his kiss. Her body stiffened for a moment at his words. Suddenly, she asked, "What if... one day you find out that I'm too close to another man?"

With eyes filled with desire, Xander wiped the moisture from her lips. "I'll make him disappear."

Grace opened her eyes slightly.

"Are you that serious? What about me?"

"A naughty girl deserves punishment." As he spoke, he pinched her waist as if warning her.

In reality, he spoke with a smile in his eyes and wasn't entirely serious.

But Grace felt a hint of fear. She pursed her lips.

Some subtle clues from before had made her realize that Xander was not as gentle and calm as he appeared on the surface.

Inside, he was like a bomb, ready to ignite at any moment if someone dared to provoke him.

He could be mad.

Xander adjusted his posture, allowing Grace to straddle his lap. Suddenly, she hissed in pain.

"What's wrong?" He frowned, his desire dissipating by half.

"My ankle hurts."

leaned in, frowning. "Your foot injury hasn't fully healed yet. How could you wear high heels?" "I thought it

"Nonsense!"

the opportunity, she said, "Shawn's method was very

of Shawn, Xander's

sprained my ankle, after I hung up the

to

adding a known element to make Xander believe her. Despite her

Xander's expression, afraid that he might detect

His tone was devoid

"Yeah."

this, but she couldn't reveal the details. Grace kept her guard

kind of

a stop just then. Xander carried Grace out of the car and

he even

It seems he has

of life

arms around his

She wasn't entirely lying.

on the bed and went to get an ice pack

remained silent the whole time, and Grace was anxious. "Xander, are you

He helped you when you were helpless. I should

attentively applied the ice pack to her feet, but his face was

to read.