Master Odell’s Secret Ex-Wife

Chapter 1923

Liam cast a blank look at her before taking the towel and drying his face with it.

Then, he gently ruffled her hair. “Did I scare you back there?”

Caprice shook her head. “No.”

She was slightly startled, but not to the point of being scared.

Liam smiled faintly. “Sit down. Let me see your head.”

Caprice did as she was told and sat down on a nearby chair.

He delicately parted her hair with his slender fingers and studiously inspected the spot where she had just bumped her head when she was lurking outside the study.

Caprice pursed her lips into a thin smile and told him, “Liam, I’m fine. It doesn’t even hurt anymore.”

He seemed relieved. “Yeah.”

There was some slight redness, but there was no wound.

After watching him return to his usual demeanor, she asked, “What happened to you back there?”

looked like he wanted to devour her

a pause, he added, “It’s just… a common reaction from a man.”

common reaction from a man? What was that

left

seemed to be headed

probing him for answers. She got

smiled and gestured. “Here, let me show you the garden in the back. It looks very pretty now because all the

smiled and squeezed her

Time passed quickly.

like they had only been walking around the garden for a while when one of the

no choice but to join them at the dining

a fine lunch.

bid farewell to John, Sherry, and Madam Stockton. With that, he took his

with Caprice, he had to answer two urgent calls. Something had probably come up in Westchester that needed his

knew better than to get in

was parked in its

his car and turned around to look at her.

she plunged into his arms.

ruffled her hair. “I’ll be going now.”

then she raised herself on her tiptoes and pecked the corner of his lips.

returned a radiant smile.