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?”

like he wanted

After a pause, he added, “It’s just… a

reaction from a man? What was that supposed to mean?

left more

already walking away and seemed

probing him for answers. She got

smiled and gestured. “Here, let me show you the garden in the back. It looks

and squeezed her hand gently.

Time passed quickly.

only been walking around the garden for a while when one of the housemaids had shown up and told them that her father was summoning them

no choice but to join them

a fine lunch.

meal, Liam bid farewell to John, Sherry, and Madam Stockton. With that, he

he was spending time in the garden with Caprice, he had to answer two urgent calls. Something had probably come up in Westchester that needed his attention.

to get in

parked in

his car and turned around to

there was nobody around, she

her hair. “I’ll be going now.”

and pecked the corner of his

a radiant smile. “Take care at home.”

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