Alice immediately stiffened when she heard Joshua’s voice suddenly echoing through the silent room.

She must have misheard it; Joshua had eaten the crème brûlée that she spiked with sedatives. How could he possibly have awoken?

This was impossible…

Alice shook her head and continued rifling through Joshua’s clothes.

Alice could no longer convince herself she was mishearing things.

She slowly turned around, feeling as though the joints in her entire body were stiff and rigid. She finally took in the scene behind her.

Joshua, dressed in a pair of gray pajamas, was leaning gracefully against the doorframe. He fixated his gaze on her, a smirk playing on his lips.

Alice felt as though her blood had run cold and her entire body had stiffened.

She opened her mouth but did not manage to say a single word. After a long while, she finally stammered, “Josh…Joshua.“

“ Joshua curled his lips into a smirk and strode over, then slowly squatted down in front

for behind my back? Why don’t

not even form a single sentence. Her mind

not possible… How could this

Joshua had eaten. The doctor had told her that this

powder and sprinkled it all over Joshua’s crème brûlée. He had eaten not one but two bowls

me guess.” Joshua picked up his clothes, set them on

majestic king. His gaze never wavered from Alice ,

food and rummaged through his hotel room while he was out cold, he immediately ordered Lucas to investigate everything that had happened

Alice had searched through his entire study while he was gone, and she

for fear of missing out on any

Lynch

Joshua passed the divorce papers to

that Alice would back off after what happened this

her head furiously. “I…

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