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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 inside made her face flush instantly, and she slammed the book

wore an expression of absolute certainty, as if he held irrefutable proof. “Do you still want

wish I could refute this. No, wait! This has nothing to do with me. I wasn’t the one who set this

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

had just changed out of, still clutched in her hand. His brows drew together

this! How could I have

his expression remained grim, making it clear

lay, Charmaine quickly assured him, “Mr.

“Who said we’re on the same side?”

unmistakable sense of bitterness.

on

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of what she

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

that… urge, there’s no

her. “What are you

want something, we can discuss it again. There’s no

even more?”

you’ve been searching for? If she discovers that we’re

fixed his gaze on her with

deep and unreadable, making it impossible to tell what he was truly

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

trouble. I think we’re quite

like you to make decisions on my behalf?” Emyr retorted.

voice suddenly dropped to an icy tone. “And besides, my

was startled by his abrupt anger, her eyes widening instinctively as she stared at him, unsure

her gaze, he turned away indifferently. “If you’re not planning to sleep, then go stand

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