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Her eyes immediately locked onto the Wedding Favor bag in his hand.

A deafening silence filled the room.

Geoffrey froze in place. Rage had fueled his rushed return; he hadn’t anticipated running into Maureen.

Geoffrey strode inside, pretending not to know Maureen was there, and set down the Wedding Favor bag.

Maureen frowned, “Why are you taking my things?”

She descended the stairs, peering into the bag–the box remained inside.

“Did you look?”

Maureen pressed.

Geoffrey stood frozen, “No. I can’t see.”

She didn’t buy it. He’d clearly picked it up, carried it outside–probably had someone check it for him.

“Want to know what’s inside?”

Maureen teased him deliberately.

Geoffrey’s sharp eyebrows lifted slightly, “No.”


Unfazed, Maureen sat and opened it herself.

“Your brother’s Wedding Favor is quite valuable–a gold pendant. Mind if I keep it?”

Geoffrey listened silently to her lie, unable to expose it.

No point getting jealous over childhood antics, he told himself, yet muttered through a pouty tone, “Fine.”

Maureen recognized his expression instantly–he knew exactly what the box held.

He’d snooped through her things and denied it. So she made a show of not discarding it, carrying

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gift back to her room

the living room,

Maureen returned downstairs, he sat stiffly on the sofa


peeling

“Want some?”

“No need.”

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didn’t bother explaining. “It’s getting late, I’m heading to

steps, Geoffrey reached out and pulled her firmly into his

pressed against his chest, her crimson lips brushing against his neck while her hands accidentally braced

husky. “Reenie, let’s sleep together tonight,

crimson, her heartbeat

“No.”

she tried to rise, her hand grazed Geoffrey’s groin. She

grunted, swiftly capturing her small

not to touch you, just hold you while we


wasn’t some naive girl to fall for that. “Absolutely not, let me go

keeping that token of love from Alex.

midair, Maureen clutched at

you doing? Put

face, his

in place. Geoffrey was indeed too tall; when

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was floating in

averted her gaze and stayed

her back to the room, shutting the

few strides, he reached the bed, setting her down before pressing his

twisted away to escape, but he hooked an arm around her waist, pulling her

couldn’t fathom why she couldn’t outmaneuver

his hand, Geoffrey lowered his voice: “Reenie, what am I going

stilled, hearing him murmur:

spoke, he held her

grip, stopped trying to pry

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