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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.

planning kit, along with a pocket–sized guide on marital intimacy. The illustrations

absolute certainty, as if he held irrefutable proof. “Do you still

this. No, wait! This has nothing to

distance herself from the situation. She even

pajamas she had just changed out of, still clutched in her hand. His brows drew together slightly. “It wasn’t you?”

nothing to do with this! How could I have expected them to be this

his expression remained grim, making it clear he wasn’t pleased.

him, “Mr. Emyr, we’re on the

cold look. “Who said

carried an unmistakable sense

We’re on the

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of what she had said

over briefly, she decided there was no point in arguing further. With a sigh, she sat down

satisfy that… urge, there’s no reason for me

his eyes at her. “What are you implying?”

what it is. I owe you a favor, so I’m making it up to you. When you want something, we can

even more?”

finally find the woman you’ve been

his gaze on

eyes appeared deep and unreadable, making it impossible to tell what he

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

trouble. I think we’re quite alike,”

need a maid like you to make decisions on my behalf?”

dropped to an icy tone. “And besides, my business has nothing to do

anger, her eyes widening instinctively as she

not planning to sleep, then go stand in the

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