Popping yet another couple of raisins into her mouth, Genevieve said, “When I was chatting with Cooper just now, he asked me what I wanted to eat and said that he’d order some takeout. I reckon it should arrive in a bit.”

Armand’s eyes narrowed when he heard that and appeared to be a little displeased.

At that moment, the doorbell rang.

“That must be the delivery.” Genevieve was about to set herself upright when she felt Armand’s hand on her shoulder. He motioned for her to remain seated and went to get the door himself.

Standing outside was the same receptionist who had brought up their takeout at noon.

The receptionist had both her hands full on either side of her. When she saw Armand at the door, she immediately presented the things she had to him. “I believe these must be yours, Mr—”

“I did not order these,” Armand cut her off curtly. “Just get rid of them.”

Stumped, the receptionist had no time at all to react as the door shut in her face.

Fishing out the delivery note from her own pocket, she reviewed the address several times and was quite positive that she did not get it wrong.

Armand’s rejection left her quite baffled.

arms again, and while he did that, he made a call to Golden Restaurant to inquire about the menu for the

of the takeout Cooper had ordered either and only conveyed her desire for a couple

huddled together

Restaurant arrived, it was already well past

dining room and watched while she ate. As a result, she got so spooked by a terrifying scene that caught her off-guard that she fumbled the cake she did not hold firmly enough onto

It’s not as though the movie is going to get away from you

to help Genevieve clean the cake off her clothes, some of which had landed close to

skin is of an even more buttery consistency than that

scent of that icing, as well as the

that there were also some traces of cream left on the corner of Genevieve’s lips. Finding that devastatingly

in kind, Genevieve

a hand around the small of her back, he attempted to pull her even closer to deepen that kiss, only to find the soft hips that he

senses with a douse of cold water from above, and a surge of irascibility and exasperation roused within him as he

his hold on her, he stood back up and massaged his own temples aggressively with his slender fingers. “Go ahead and hit the showers. The housekeeper will come by tomorrow to get the dining table cleared up

tossed the napkin onto the table before she strolled off to the bedroom

table had been scrunched up,

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