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?”

wanted to

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

man? What was that supposed to mean?

left

was already walking away and seemed to

him for answers.

show you the garden in the back. It

smiled and squeezed her hand gently.

Time passed quickly.

of the housemaids had shown up and told them that her father was summoning them for lunch.

but to join them at the dining table right away.

a

Sherry, and Madam Stockton. With that, he

Caprice, he had to answer two urgent

than to get in the way of his work. She walked him

parked in its original

and turned around to

there was nobody around, she

hair. “I’ll be going

her tiptoes and pecked the corner of his lips. She said affectionally, “See you,

radiant smile. “Take care

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