I looked up at him as Hendrix was getting a little too much. I said, "It's your fault. What do you mean by 'is that okay with you'? It sounds like I'm forcing you. What's with that tone of yours?" Hendrix still replied patiently, "What kind of tone do you want me to use then?"

Evan was driving the car, and I couldn't help feeling a little playful as I said, "Mr. Roberts, will you do exactly what I ask you to?"

Hendrix raised his eyebrows while playing with my hand as he said gently, "Nope!"

Exasperated, I retorted, "You were just trying to coax me like a kid, weren't you?"

He smiled faintly, and the smile on the corners of his lips was particularly pleasant, "As long as the child here is happy, I don't mind coaxing her!"

I glared at him, "You're the kid here. I don't need you to coax me."

When we returned to the villa, it was already a little late in the evening. I went straight into the bathroom to take a bath. Hendrix sat on a fancy chair to read the book that he supposedly hadn't

finished.

and saw him reading the book seriously. I wiped my hair and couldn't help myself from walking over to him. Sitting next to him, I looked at the book in his hands and said, "You've read this book

smell of alcohol on me. He

Linda and Naomi who drank so much. I was just accompanying them. I didn't

his eyebrows. Looking stern, he reminded me, "Unless you are with me, you aren't allowed

my lips and muttered, "You're just

to wipe my hair for me, saying, "Since

hair, so I stopped arguing with him and closed my

but ask again,

had not told me anything about it, I was feeling anxious about the Milton Group continuing on in such a

no rush!" he said with his voice

hum, still a little worried, "How long

raised his eyebrows, replying, "You

If the Lancille Village project was

City as he held my shoulder and

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