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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.

marital intimacy. The illustrations

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

wait! This has nothing to do with me. I wasn’t the one

her words, desperately trying to distance herself from the situation. She even went as far as explaining the rose petals

still clutched in her hand. His brows

with this! How could I have expected

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

her loyalties lay, Charmaine quickly assured him, “Mr. Emyr, we’re on the

“Who said we’re on the same side?”

carried an unmistakable sense of

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what she had said

was no point in arguing further. With a sigh,

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

eyes at her. “What are

something, we can discuss

even more?”

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

gaze on her with

the dim glow, his eyes appeared deep and unreadable, making it impossible to

lips, carrying a biting chill. “You’re still worrying

unnecessary trouble. I think we’re quite alike,”

absurd. Since when do I need a maid like you

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

widening instinctively as she stared

indifferently. “If you’re not planning

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