Chapter 224

James seemed not to hear the latter part of her sentence, his face alight with Joy.

Sophie pushed away James‘ hands. “I’m very tired. You should go back.”

“My grandmother is here. Where do you expect me to go?”

During the time Sophie wasn’t home, he had already made this bedroom his own.

In this bedroom, there were many traces of Sophie’s life. She used to wait for him to return after they first got married, time and again.

James glanced at the bed, not far away, and the implication couldn’t be clearer.

Sophie frowned. “I’m not used to sleeping with you.”

I won’t touch you. It’s just a way to fool Grandma.”

the bed, then at the sofa, and frowned again. “Then you sleep

he obediently placed a pillow from the bed onto the sofa and found a thin blanket

the bed, saying, “We’ll draw a line tonight.

“Okay.

front of Bea, we live our separate lives at all other times

“Okay.”

agreed to each condition.

was the first time he and Sophie slept in the same room.

tossing and turning all night. She did not sleep well. By the time dawn broke, James had already gotten up. He put the pillow back in its place and covered Sophie with

as he was about to cover Sophie with the blanket, she

wariness in Sophie’s eyes

was just… covering you with the

withdrew from her

in her past life, her feelings toward James were a mix of coldness and fear.

once left her dying on the operating table and had all the O–type blood in the hospital moved away. It

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