Chapter 66

Chapter 66 Mrs. Riley, What Brings You Here

Outside the door, there was a tense pause before the cautious tone of Collin's subordinate pierced the silence. "Mr. Riley,

there's a pressing matter I need to discuss with you."

The subordinate couldn't shake the feeling, his thoughts racing. Was Mr. Riley out of sorts because of the long hours? Why

did his voice seem so strained?

On the other side of the door, Linsey's cheeks burned with embarrassment.

The study was Collin's sanctuary, a place where he immersed himself in his work, and she had just interrupted him.

The realization that she had possibly hindered his tasks made her stomach twist with regret.

"Well... you should get back to your work. I'll... go prepare something for you to eat. You can enjoy it whenever you're free,"

she stammered, her words faltering under the weight of her unease.

Before Collin could respond, Linsey spun on her heel and dashed away, her heart pounding.

The subordinate, still waiting outside, jumped as the door suddenly swung open. He stood frozen, momentarily caught off guard, not expecting that his boss would open the door for him.

But his surprise deepened when he saw who it was.

what brings you here?" he blurted out,

solitude, strictly off-limits to outsiders. Even the servants, tasked with tidying the room, were required

despite being Collin's wife for mere days, was free to

restriction.

decorum, Linsey found herself at a

anxiously, shimmered with the vestiges of

her lip and told the subordinate that Collin was

stepped into the study, his gaze immediately colliding with Collin's stern, contemplative

from behind an

intrusion had ruined the moment. The image of

haunted him

a cascade of

be tension between the

erratic, and though they were married, Linsey was barely a stranger to

intricacies.

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plausible that Collin, in a moment of harshness, had wounded her spirit. His limited interactions with Linsey painted her as a soul of kindness and warmth-a sharp contrast to

empathy for Linsey deepened, stirring a blend of concern and

it was always his subordinates who bore the brunt of

exhaled a quiet, resigned sigh, his thoughts churning with

is it? Out with it," Collin

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