Oliver's hands were like a furnace as they circled Josefina's waist, and the words that spilled from his mouth sent a shiver down her spine.

Josefina swiftly pushed him away, her gaze wary as she looked at him. "Oliver, aren't you scared of getting caught?"

He pulled her back into his embrace. "If we get caught, you'll have to make an honest man out of me."

Josefina was torn between laughter and frustration. She had never expected Oliver to be so brazen. Initially, she thought he was cold, aloof, and difficult to get along with. It turned out he just had no shame. "Oliver, you should go back. I have to work tomorrow."

"I'll drive you to work."

"No need, I can take my car. It's late. If your granddad looks for you and you're not home, what then?"

go, his head buried in the crook of her neck as he murmured,

her wit's end. She was sure that Oliver should be

listen. If he didn't spend the night here, he wouldn't rest

that Oliver hadn't returned. He looked at Bennett

to that. If Mr. Oliver's not here, he surely is

as he paced

boy is finally catching on. And here I thought he didn't have an eye for the ladies. It turns out he just hadn't met one that could make his heart skip a beat.

"Bringing Oliver back was the wisest decision of my life. If I'd left it to Rowan, that ungrateful child, the Baldwin family would

He had watched Rowan grow up and defy

wife, instead

gazing at the empty living room. "If it weren't for that incident five years ago, I wouldn't be pressuring Oliver to marry quickly and

stay and be a

don't want to start now. I'm old, and I can only rest easy if the Baldwin family's fortune is

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