Marcus smiled. He himself couldn’t explain just how glad he was to see the glib-tongued and fearless Millie a blushing mess just because she bought underwear for him. It made him recall the time when she said she wanted to keep a gigolo. She had to be kidding then.

He was indeed on the phone earlier, but when he saw Millie rush to that shop, he grinned, understanding why she was being so mysterious. She was just shy and didn’t want him to know what she was going to buy.

He wasn’t going to do anything at first. But when he saw the men’s underwear in the same shop, he couldn’t miss the opportunity to tease her. He could go and buy them himself, but where was the fun in that? Also, he didn’t let anyone touch his underwear, but Millie was his wife. He figured it was okay. As a matter of fact, he had a mind to make her buy his underwear from now on.

“Seat belt,” he answered instead.

Millie looked down and realized that he was right. She fastened her seat belt and Marcus started the car.

The road was almost desolate as they drove back. Millie’s face slowly came back to normal as her embarrassment went away.

by the dark scenery at a constant speed. Marcus adjusted the temperature in the car. As it got warm,

seat more comfortably. Marcus held the steering wheel tighter, his face hardening and his eyes darkening. As soon as Millie closed her eyes, Marcus’ voice

sleep now. Sit

her sleepiness. She looked at

at the rear-view mirror and said, “The car behind has been following us

side and saw the black off-road vehicle that looked like a galloping tiger. It was following closely

to glance

held the steering wheel steadily, his long legs

of the pursuing vehicle in the rearview mirror. It, too, was

the off-road vehicle behind them. The

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