Josie bit her inner lip. For some reason, she detected a hint of sarcasm behind his words.

“Thank you so much. Mr. Russell.”

Dexter went upstairs with the box of cigarettes in hand.

As the man disappeared from view, Josie asked Julie to keep the second box of ice cream back in the freezer. She could not finish all of it immediately and planned to savor it the next time Dexter suffered

losses.

But the sweet taste made her forget all her displeasure. As expected, humans are not made to bear bitter things.

Now that she did not need to work, Josie slept in every day. Because of her injury, the maids did not dare. to wake her up, even if she slept into the afternoon.

She finished off too much ice cream and spent the entire night making trips to the toilet. Exhausted, she spent the rest of the day sleeping to make up for the loss of sleep. It was evening when she finally woke up. She stretched and headed downstairs to find Dexter on the sofa with black–framed glasses as he worked on his laptop.

She paused in the middle of her step and glanced at the time. “Is Mr. Russell back from work, or did he not go out today?” She whispered to a maid.

He was usually not home at this hour.

stayed home

him, Josie felt guilty. She hesitated and decided to idle her room. Just as she turned around, the man

leave and turned back sheepishly.

was a frosty look on his face.

away back in

was unsure about it. “The scar on my face hasn’t healed yet. It will be

problem.” He shut the lid of the laptop and put it

should I

long as it is suitable

that he had no expectations. It seemed that they were not going

Without realizing it, the clothes in the closet had begun to pile up, and the room was

He picked out a tie, and

as it was unexpected

the tie from the maid and tiptoed while circling it around his neck. She

scent wafted to him. He kept silent and

as it moved up and back down. It was captivating. The last trace of timidity disappeared, and

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