She was putting on a delicate snowy chiffon dress. She tied her hair up, a few strands falling against her forehead and exposing her slender neck. Her soft rosy lips stood out on her fair complexion, making her look particularly radiant and enchanting.

Marcus forced himself to look away from her after realizing that he had been staring for too long,

All of a sudden, Millie hit the table with her fists and cursed loudly.

“I get it now. That crazy man was insulting me!”

The room suddenly fell silent, an awkward feeling hanging in the atmosphere.

For some reason, Marcus felt guilty, but he didn’t clarify on the topic. Instead, he said, “You’re really careless. How do you manage to forget stuff at your age?”

in disbelief. Was he really lecturing her? She wouldn’t

grabbed

grabbed her wrist from behind and pulled her flat against his sturdy chest in one

so firm and hard, but Millie immediately recoiled and tried to get away, as if she had been

wasn’t the reaction Marcus expected, and it

time!” he ordered angrily, letting his dissatisfaction with her

“Ouch! It hurts.”

hold on her wrist got tighter. She braved through the pain and refused to give in. She had no business giving him an explanation as to why she wanted to look ugly.

why she did this. She was so scared that Marcus would develop feelings for her that she had

was determined to hold her tongue, but the look in Marcus’ eyes made her understand that she didn’t exactly have a

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