He bent down to pick it up. The soft cotton touch and the faint fragrant scent on it suddenly sparked a different feeling within him.

It was Cordelia’s bra—a simple basic design.

Marcus smirked. He licked his lips and felt parched. When he came back to his senses, just as he was about to shove all the clothes into the washing machine, he heard the sound of the door, then the small woman’s voice.

“Marcus, are you home? Gosh, I drank too much water in the afternoon. I’m going to die. I need to use the toilet…”

Suddenly, two pairs of eyes met. Both of them were stunned.

Cordelia looked at Marcus in surprise before her gaze went down and she spotted the laundry basket beside him, the dirty laundry, the washing machine with its door open, and… She cried out and blushed in the blink of an eye.

“Why are you holding this?!”

She darted forward and snatched her bra from his hand swiftly, wishing nothing more than to bury herself in a hole.

was a little embarrassed as well. Judging by her reaction, anyone who didn’t know better would

on, she did not see him as a burglar, right? The perverted kind who would only

coughed. He answered her as naturally as possible, “I don’t have much to do

kept her eyes down, not daring to look at him, while her heart

it all here.

a family requires effort from both people? The house chores should be

This is mine. I’ll wash

kept shaking her head, looking absolutely adorable despite

at her. The edge that he had repressed just now ran amok within him like a wild beast

voice was husky as he purposely spoke next to her ear. “We’re

as her bright eyes shone with nervousness

chest pressed close to her and she clutched her bra, despite her anxious state, there was a hint of docile softness in her. She was like a defenseless kitten, completely

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