Chapter 61

My heart skipped a beat, then quickly descended into a familiar chaos I couldn’t tame. I took a deep breath, continuing, “Moving in here? I don’t recall agreeing to that.”

“Grandpa mentioned you agreed to put the divorce on hold,” he retorted, pushing his phone towards me as if it were a peace offering. “Why don’t you tell him yourself?”

“Jerk,” I couldn’t help but glare at him. “Agreeing to wait on the divorce doesn’t mean I agreed to you moving in.”

The CEO of Ferguson Group resorting to such tactics, who would believe it?

“Isn’t it only natural for a married couple to live together?” he replied, smoothly as ever.

“Bullshit.” I muttered under my breath, making my way into the house, with him following closely behind without an ounce of hesitation.

Perhaps it was the recollection of what Timothy had shared with me earlier that evening, or maybe a sudden wave of pity towards Bryant, but I couldn’t bring myself to kick him

out.

Instead, I simply pointed towards a room opposite the master bedroom, “You can stay

there.”

“Okay, sure.”

offer with a mild temperament and

a glass of ice water and had barely set the glass down when I bumped into a broad, warm chest.

back, slightly flustered, “Anything else?”

like strangers than a married couple, and it was precisely this distance that ! needed

not the one he

together, “I was just wondering how your face is. Has it gotten any better?”

I replied

thought to check in the mirror all night.

he mentioned it that I remembered.

his hand,

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I instinctively dodged, “I’ll take care of it myself.”

going to be this distant

that.” I

him and Margaret at the police station, so close and intimate. My gaze fell

love him, that was

was pure and proud, not someone who’s just rolled

least remember to apply some ointment,” he said, his hand pausing mid-air, his fingers curling slightly.

was the first time I saw him look so awkward.

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