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 day. He also took the time to follow up

what became of the takeout Cooper had ordered either and only

seemed extremely intimate huddled together the way they were, they were as emotionally disengaged as

time the takeout from Golden Restaurant arrived, it was already well past eight in

she ate. As a result, she got so spooked by

the movie is going to get away from you somehow,”

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

more buttery

was able to pick up on the scent of that icing, as well as the subtle fragrance that lingered

also some traces of cream left on the corner of Genevieve’s lips. Finding that devastatingly tantalizing, he leaned in to lap that off with his unfurled tongue before he smothered her lips with

in kind, Genevieve simply sat stiffly where

back, he attempted to pull her even closer to deepen that kiss, only to find the soft hips that he had previously fondled before to be unwelcoming as a piece of rock to the

from above, and a surge of

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 in the morning,”

the table before she strolled off

been scrunched up, Armand could infer the extent to which

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