Chapter 1921

John’s study was inside another courtyard.

Caprice walked to the adjacent courtyard.

Upon her arrival, she noticed that the windows of the study were open. Her eyes shone. She quickly tiptoed to the window, careful to not make any noise.

She heard voices coming from inside the study.

“It’s a very new project. If you’re planning to expand its scope, why don’t we work on it together? I just happen to be planning to expand into the Glanchester market.”

It was Liam’s voice. There was a gravitas in his voice that one usually would not expect coming from a person in his mid-twenties.

She could not resist the urge to poke her head through the window and steal a peek inside.

Liam and her father were seated on separate armchairs.

Her father was in the middle of taking a sip from a teacup. He started shifting some documents around on the table, and that was when he suddenly directed a piercing gaze in Caprice’s direction.

recoiled from shock and quickly ducked away from his sight.

the middle of her sudden jerk of movement, she accidentally bumped into the wall.

off-guard by the pain, she

the study, Liam stirred with alert, then he quickly rose and walked

on the ground, massaging a spot on her head with her fingers. The pain started to fade away as she applied pressure to the spot.

it and prepared to get up, and that was when she

with a blank

doubled over her. He started to massage the slightly swollen part of her head

“I didn’t mean to

massaging her forehead before asking. “Does it still hurt?”

it doesn’t hurt anymore,” Caprice answered with a childlike

her and proceeded to pinch her

her fingers over his face which was cool with

something she had always wanted to do, and now she finally had a chance to.

was briefly

started to pinch his cheeks.

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