The Darling of the Paranoid Tycoon by Cheryl Rice

Chapter 27 Bathroom Encounter

Harriet joyfully went upstairs to Delbert’s room.

The room remained unchanged from her previous life when she first arrived here. The cool tones of the furnishings reflected the owner’s

temperament.

Stepping into the room that had been her sanctuary for nearly a year, Harriet clenched her fingers. A mist of emotion clouded her eyes but soon dissipated.

This very room had been the stage of her betrayal by Vernon. He had handed her a glass of wine, which she had naively believed to be laced with a mere sedative. Instead, it contained a lethal poison that extinguished the life of a proud and noble man.

In this life, she vowed to shield Delbert from harm, even if it

demanded the ultimate sacrifice.

“Delbert, I’m here to see you!”

Harriet’s voice echoed cheerfully through the room, but it was with silence. Her eyes scanned the room, finding no trace of Delbe The only sound was the rhythmic dripping of water from the

bathroom.

She curiously approached the bathroom, noticing the light seeping from beneath the door. Presumably, Delbert was bathing inside.

Just as she was about to leave, a deep, husky voice rang out.

“Who’s there?”

door swung open.

1/3

+25 BONUS

hand seized Harriet’s wrist, pulling her

lost her footing and tumbled onto

“Ahh!”

staring down at the handsome man beneath her. She

of water clung to her eyelashes,

“Get up!”

strained, and his

expression was testing

“O-Okay!”

again. In her frantic attempt to regain balance, her hands inadvertently yanked down the white towel Delbert had draped around himself after

the bathtub.

if she had done it on purpose.

hard to explain herself.

I’ll help you put it

blushed

and attempted to wrap it

his breathing became disorderly again.

lurking in the shadows, he was ready to pounce