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.

she shared her bed with

that Marcus? No way. He wouldn’t deign to share a bed with her. It

have

chest. She hastily scanned herself, relieved to find no

evidence remained: she had shared her bed with a man. Judging by

Yet the thought of unknowingly sharing her sanctuary

within Millie. She vowed to find the

his group were ensconced in the heart of a pavilion, a restaurant perched on a lake, enjoying their morning

listless and entangled in her thoughts, looking as if she had been drained of her

gripped Millie. She felt as though an army of caterpillars was invading her body. Her teeth ground together in anger. She yearned to find and extinguish the source of her

her. According to the company’s chronometer of civility, the breakfast

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