Chapter: 186

After the final wisps of his second cigarette joined the night, he disrobed, slipping beneath the quilt with practiced ease.

The sun heralded a new day, and Millie rose at the last possible moment.

‘As she prepared to tidy the bed, she was taken aback by the evidence of an uninvited guest—an indentation suggesting company.

A shiver claimed her as she noticed the window ajar.

The previous night’s memories flooded back—the window she had secured with conviction, the upright pillow now flattened.

seized Millie. Had she shared her bed with

No way. He wouldn’t deign to share a bed with her. It couldn’t

it have been an

against her chest. She hastily scanned herself,

a man. Judging by the size and breadth of the indentation, it certainly

saved her from violation. Yet the thought

She vowed to find the perpetrator and ensure he faced her

group were ensconced in the heart of a pavilion, a restaurant perched on a lake,

in a haphazard bun, appearing listless and entangled in her thoughts, looking as if she had

caterpillars was invading her body. Her teeth ground together in anger. She yearned to find and extinguish

company’s chronometer of civility, the breakfast would commence promptly at half past seven. Millie had

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