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.

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 several

looked up and discerned the smell of alcohol on me. He frowned

drink much. It was Linda and Naomi who drank so much. I was

his eyebrows. Looking stern, he reminded me, "Unless you are with me, you aren't allowed to even drink a sip

pursed my lips and muttered, "You're just

and took the towel in my hand to wipe my hair for me, saying, "Since you've acknowledged your

wiping my hair, so I stopped arguing

company's matters, I couldn't help but ask again, "Are you still

anything about it, I was feeling anxious about the Milton Group continuing

no rush!" he said with his

little worried, "How

eyebrows, replying, "You should ask Sebastian

Village project was about to start, he had to find connections everywhere

up going back to Jarold City as he held my shoulder and said, "Have you decided when to go back to

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