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?”

he wanted to devour

pause, he added, “It’s just… a

man? What was that supposed to mean?

was left more confused.

and seemed to be headed somewhere

answers. She got up and

garden in the back. It looks very pretty now because all the

squeezed her hand

Time passed quickly.

the garden for a while when one of the housemaids had

to join them at

was a

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

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

than to get in the

was parked in its original

over to his car and

she plunged into his arms.

“I’ll be

she raised herself on her tiptoes and pecked the corner of

radiant smile. “Take care at

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