Seeing her return, he didn’t look up, kept turning pages, but his mind. was already elsewhere.

Maureen walked step by step to stand before him.

“I’m back, saw the flowers outside, they’re beautiful.”

She’d seen the flowers that morning, only saying it now to flatter him at the right time.

Geoffrey closed the book, looked up slightly, his handsome face facing Maureen: “Mm.”

His voice was magnetic, but his eyes were full of mixed feelings.

Maureen sensed something was wrong with him, but didn’t know what was the matter.

“I passed a nice Japanese place on the way back, got you some.”

She placed the takeout bag on the coffee table.

Geoffrey rarely ate late–night snacks, but she figured it was worth a shot.

True to form, he pushed it away. “Not hungry.”

His voice was flat, yet felt like cotton stuffed in his chest.

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Only he knew why-

his mother’s phone call, Maureen’s child with another man!

“Alright then, I’ll wash up and rest.”

Maureen turned toward the stairs when his hand clamped around her

wrist.

She froze, meeting his questioning gaze as he asked, each word deliberate.

“Did my child really die at birth?”

For the first time, pain etched Geoffrey’s features.

The lie stuck in her throat, impossible to voice.

When she stayed silent, he stood and pulled her into his arms.

you hate

stiffly in

shook her head. “I don’t hate

She meant it.

at those words, his palm cradling her face with deliberate

he truly feel Maureen still belonged to

knew the moment had come. Tilting her head up,

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and let her lips land on his Adam’s apple

mouth.

kissed burned

matter how strong his self–control, it

the back of her head with one hand, claiming her

tonight, he

Maureen whispered between breaths, “I’m nervous.

“Fine.”

Geoffrey restrained

liquor from the cellar, slipping the drug Katherine provided into Geoffrey’s

one encounter wouldn’t suffice–she needed to

Geoffrey would never allow

To set his mind at ease, Maureen also poured herself a

“Cheers,”

and drank the

in one go.

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also took a sip, feeling a distinct burn in

The bottle you picked isn’t suitable

Maureen had chosen a bottle with the

drink, not very harmful to the

“Okay.”

deliberately pour Geoffrey

to keep it within

wary.

she’d added earlier should be

strong liquor downed without his

a breath, then scooped Maureen up and headed

Maureen nervously clutched

“I’m sorry.”

paused, thinking she was

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