Substitutee Marriage: Fallingg For My Ugly Wifee

Chapter: 177

“The housekeeper informed me that you reassigned the top-notch bodyguards from the villa to watch over your grandmother at the hospital. I can command their immediate return with a simple phone call,” Marcus responded.

Upon hearing his audacious threat, Millie clenched her teeth and internally railed at his lack of decency. But she couldn’t risk having the bodyguards abandon their post at the hospital. She would placate him today, but tomorrow she would hire additional security personnel to safeguard her grandmother, eliminating his leverage.

Sure enough, Millie halted in her tracks.

“Are you not weary of standing? Come, sit here,” Marcus commanded.

Millie cast a sideways glance at the solitary bench nearby. “I’m not tired. The bench doesn’t have enough room for two. Anything else you want to discuss?”

“Are you implying that, instead of sharing the bench with me, you’d

with his piercing gaze and alluring

long legs, neatly clad in high-end black

met his eyes again, noticing his interest in her bare legs. The air between them crackled

asked, the enchantment of his voice intact,

the small bag

“They’re wild blueberries.”

by you?”

sweet juice, thanks to

in a fresh set of clothes. He

face. Patrick must have lent a hand in the