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.“

smirk and strode over, then slowly squatted down

uttered, ”What are you looking for behind my back? Why

nervous that she could not even form a single sentence. Her

possible… How could this

plenty of sleeping pills in the crème brûlée Joshua had eaten. The doctor had told her that this dosage would not harm Joshua but would surely put him in a deep

He had eaten not one but two bowls of it, so how could he still

his clothes, set them on the coffee table, then sat

his arms on 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 looking for

Alice had spiked his food and rummaged through his hotel room while he was out cold, he immediately ordered Lucas

Villa, Alice had searched through his entire study while he was gone, and she refused to let

of missing

employees at Lynch Group Tower, they said the same

Joshua passed the divorce papers to

would back off after what happened this

head furiously.

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