Chapter 9

Leslie expected to find his house in a mess the way Daniel had left it, but a subtle scent of lemon greeted him.

In the entrance, men’s and women’s shoes were neatly arranged.

The rest of the house was immaculately clean as if all the chaos had never occurred.

If he hadn’t seen the photos Daniel took, he would have wondered if this was his house. Aurelia had managed to clean up everything.

At that moment, the door to the master bedroom opened.

Aurelia, wrapped in a towel, walked out.

Her slender figure caught Leslie’s eye.

With semi–dried strands of hair sticking to her blushing face, she exuded an indescribable sense of endearment, much more beautiful than her usual well–behaved appearance.

Water droplets fell from her hair. Her skin glistened, revealing straight legs, snow–white and slightly pink from the warm bath. The effect was particularly alluring.

Leslie’s breath hitched as he narrowed his eyes.

Aurelia, tilting her head while drying her hair, only noticed the unfamiliar gaze when she raised her head..

The two locked eyes. She hastily tightened the towel around her.

Didn’t Linda say Leslie wouldn’t come back if he worked late?

She was just lazy and didn’t bother to grab her pajamas.

This was just unfortunate timing.

“You, you’re back?”

“I thought you left. Didn’t expect you to be so patient.”

Leslie withdrew his gaze, turned around, and poured a glass of water. His voice was still as cold as ever, even carrying a hint of disdain.

Glancing at the master bedroom behind Aurelia, he made it clear that it was his room.

Aurelia, following his gaze toward the master bedroom, immediately understood the misunderstanding.

“Mr. Synder…”

“Ms. Simmons, we should understand that this marriage is a mutual arrangement, so don’t overstep any boundaries.”

Leslie emphasized the last five words.

Already feeling somewhat embarrassed, Aurelia became even more ashamed when Leslie misunderstood her intentions.

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took a deep breath, looked at Leslie, and was about to speak when the sound of Leslie setting down

before

“Mr. Synder is right. Since we have a mutual arrangement, you could have

at Aurelia with

to the entrance, “Mr. Synder, you look perfectly fine. I never expected such at significant difference in your left and right foot sizes. They were

cursing

losing his competence. Daniel made such

you would come back earlier. Secondly, the shower in the guest bathroom was broken. I had spent three hours cleaning up this place so I smelled like crap. I had no choice but to use your bathroom to shower. Any issues? If

“Three minutes?” Leslie asked.

“Wait a moment.”

guest bedroom, donning underwear and a nightgown within a minute.

discovered Leslie intentionally made a mess of the

initially intended for Leslie’s review tomorrow, but resolving it sooner seemed better since things had

room, she handed the file

at her attire, puzzled for a few seconds

the file.

Leslie’s typically stoic expression

“A cohabitation agreement?”

You married me just to appease Ms. Linda, and I appreciate her fondness for me. So, since Ms. Linda insists we live together, let’s:

I’ve detailed everything about our future life in the agreement. Take

necessary.”

him a

the pen but

content was about coordinating their post–marital life,

nothing about finances, except for

property

divorc

gold digger

coldly remarked, “What kind of game are

you think

believe me, we can go to

П

help but give her a couple

the first woman eager to

that was good for avoiding

took the pen and signed

didn’t hesitate to sign her name. After signing, she even picked

notice the wet coat with a tobacco

to realize the

wet, revealing not only her

wrapped herself in the coat, her cheeks so red they seemed ready to

noticed that he had been standing

of relief as she gazed

He simply couldn’t be bothered with

subjecting her to the embarrassment of being “soaked.” He graciously avoided any comments on

be too torturous to live with someone

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