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Chapter 161 We’re on the Same Side

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As she turned for what felt like the hundredth time, the man beside her suddenly seized her wrist and yanked her closer.

Charmaine gasped, her entire body going rigid. “Emyr, what do you think you’re doing?”

The only light in the room came from a dim bedside lamp, casting a soft golden hue over the man’s strikingly handsome face.

His grip on her arm tightened, drawing them even closer until barely any space remained between them.

“You’ve been waiting all night for this, haven’t you?”

Charmaine’s eyes widened, her palms pressing against his chest.

As his bathrobe slipped slightly from the movement, her hand unintentionally landed on the tattoo on his chest. The heat radiating from his body and the powerful rhythm of his heartbeat were impossible to ignore.

“Who… who’s been waiting?!”

“Hmm… Acting coy now?”

Emyr reached for something in the bedside drawer and pulled out two items. “You thought you could stash. these under the pillow without me noticing?”

“What… what are those?”

Charmaine picked one up, and the moment she recognized it, she nearly fainted.

with a pocket–sized guide on marital intimacy. The illustrations inside made her face flush instantly, and she slammed the

held irrefutable proof. “Do you

wait! This has nothing

distance herself from the situation. She even went as far as explaining the rose petals and the nightgown

still clutched in her hand. His brows drew together slightly. “It wasn’t you?”

nothing to do with this! How

anything, his expression remained

“Mr. Emyr, we’re

“Who said we’re

gaze carried an unmistakable sense of bitterness.

on

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what she had

no point in arguing further. With a sigh, she sat down on the bed.

looking to satisfy that… urge, there’s no reason for

narrowed his eyes at her. “What are

a favor, so I’m making it up to you. When you want something, we can discuss it again. There’s no need for us to live together. Won’t that

even more?”

finally find the woman you’ve been searching for? If she discovers that

on her with

eyes appeared deep and unreadable, making it impossible to tell what he was truly feeling.

faint laugh escaped his lips, carrying a biting chill. “You’re still worrying

I think we’re quite alike,”

absurd. Since when do I need a maid like

dropped to an icy tone. “And besides, my business has nothing to do with you!”

eyes widening instinctively as she

away indifferently. “If you’re not

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