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.“

lips into a smirk and

”What are you looking for behind my back? Why don’t you just

could not even form a single sentence. Her mind went

not possible… How could

the crème brûlée Joshua had eaten. The doctor had told her that this dosage would not harm Joshua but would surely

it all over Joshua’s crème brûlée. He had eaten

on the coffee table, then sat

sides of the sofa and leaned against the backrest, much like a dignified and majestic king. His gaze

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

one of his servants at Blue Bay Villa, Alice had searched through his entire study while he was gone,

of missing out

employees at Lynch Group Tower, they said

the

back off after what happened this afternoon, but contrary to his belief, she became even more

her head

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255