The man soon realized that something was wrong. His legs felt heavy, as if someone poured lead into them.

That was when he realized in horror that the floor was covered in glue, rendering him immobile.

He narrowed his eyes. “Are you having fun?”

His voice was inordinately deep. Nicole stared back with an innocuous expression, pretending that she had no clue what was happening.

Evan could have easily removed his footwear and left the scene. But he waited. He waited to see what other tricks she had up her sleeve.

Seeing that her husband made no further moves, Nicole got down the bed.

Is the glue really that adhesive?

Or is he such a big germaphobe that he doesn’t want to touch the ground with his bare feet?

If that was the case, Nicole reckoned that this was the perfect opportunity to do whatever she wanted.

Tiptoeing and pinching his well-defined face, she cooed, “Oh Evan, I must thank you for your help these past few days. You have gone to such great lengths to care for me in every way possible. You even got me my favorite dish – ‘anything’.”

The man picked up on the sarcasm in her tone and knew she was going to start an argument.

And he was all ears for it. Let’s see what you’re unhappy about.

of course I’d do my best to satisfy

Very literal of you.

male friends. They

to limit your freedom to make

Seriously?

are

Not only did he bar Stephen from visiting the ward, but he

end up with

into a scam or something. I can’t wait until

to Nicole. “Huh? When am

days later. There will be a special helper tending to you

days later?”

Evan’s eyes. “You have a

Evan was being

tight the schedule is! Don’t give me that judgmental

a spiteful thought struck her. Since you can’t stop assuming that I have a thing for

I depart, I think it’s polite to visit the estate and give a farewell notice to Sir Musgrave. After all, his

Evan narrowed his eyes.

witness the aftermath would be good too. By then, Jeremy should

follow you too,” he

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