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.

from shock and quickly ducked away

of

the pain, she groaned out

then he quickly rose

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

and that was when she noticed someone offering a hand to her from the corner of her eyes.

with a blank and

swollen part of her head while casting a displeased

“I didn’t mean to intrude.”

continued massaging her forehead before asking. “Does it

anymore,” Caprice answered with a childlike

pretended to scowl at her and proceeded to pinch her fleshy

brushed her fingers over his face which was cool with composure,

she had always wanted to do, and now she finally had

briefly

started to pinch his

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