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

shirt out of Alice’s hands and sternly uttered, ”What are you looking for behind my back?

could not even form a single

was not possible…

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

into powder and sprinkled it all over Joshua’s crème brûlée. He had eaten

Joshua picked up his clothes, set them on the

both sides of the sofa and leaned against the backrest, much like a dignified and majestic king. His gaze never wavered from Alice , who was still frozen in shock, and asked, ”You’re

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

servants at Blue Bay Villa, Alice had searched through his entire study while he was gone, and she refused

for fear of missing out on

Lynch

he heard this, Joshua passed the divorce papers

what happened this afternoon, but contrary to his belief, she became even

shook her head furiously. “I…

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