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

“It’s just… a common reaction

from a man? What was that

left more confused.

away and seemed to be headed somewhere else.

stop probing him for answers. She

the garden in the back. It looks very pretty now because all the flowers are in bloom.”

smiled and squeezed her hand

Time passed quickly.

one of the housemaids had

no choice but to join them at the dining table right away.

a

John, Sherry, and Madam Stockton. With that, he took

had to answer two urgent calls. Something had probably come up in Westchester that

go, she knew better than to get in the way of his work. She walked him to the gate.

in its original spot.

walked over to his car and turned around to look at

she plunged into his arms.

“I’ll be

she raised herself on her tiptoes and pecked the corner of his lips. She said affectionally,

returned a radiant smile. “Take care at home.”

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