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.

flew by the dark scenery at a constant speed. Marcus adjusted the temperature

leaned against the seat more comfortably. Marcus held the steering wheel tighter, his face hardening and his eyes darkening. As

now.

his voice wiped away her sleepiness. She

“The car behind has been following

heartbeat quickening, Millie glanced at the rear-view mirror on her side and saw the black off-road vehicle that looked like

turned to glance

he held the steering

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

high-end and its performance noticeably outshone the off-road vehicle behind them. The gap between

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