Grace's legs instantly bumped into Ethan's. If it weren't for her palm instinctively bracing against his knee, she probably would've fallen right into him.

Grace looked up and met his calm eyes, which seemed to hide deeper thoughts. Her wrist was suddenly grasped, and the skin-to-skin contact felt scalding hot.

"The flowers. Don't forget," he reminded.

"Y-Yes, sir."

His gaze lingered on her face for over ten seconds before he turned the wheelchair around and simply left.

He seemed more pleased about receiving the flowers than he had been about that two-million-dollar brooch.

Grace remained seated in a daze, still feeling the strength of his grip on her wrist. The remaining warmth felt like vines growing up her skin, wrapping around her, and dragging her deeper into something she couldn't escape.

She looked down at her wrist and absent-mindedly rubbed it.

...

Meanwhile, Ethan exited the building with a black car already waiting for him outside.

Julian sat inside and personally lowered the car window, resting his head on one hand.

"Christmas at Henderson Residence must be lively, eh? Are all the others coming back too?"

been ruined by a cheating scandal, there were still the second son, Donald Henderson, and the third

of them was easy

were plenty of shady relatives in the background. The Henderson family never had a peaceful Christmas-drama

out the window, seemingly

keeping an eye on your injury. You should

as he said that, Ethan closed his eyes and said softly,

He pressed his lips together for a while, then cracked his knuckles with a

have I ever troubled her?"

it in the future either," Ethan

a hand to massage his temples

threw the entire Dryville into chaos. Do you know how many people are watching her now?

a storm

just then, saw Grace walking out of the

waiting for a reply when he noticed Ethan staring in that direction, the look

sighed and told

the car slowly

had yellow magnolias. The vibrant red kind she was looking for was hard to

still came up empty. Feeling defeated, she called Sebastian, hoping he'd

mountain of documents. With Christmas approaching,

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