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

his shirt out of Alice’s hands and sternly uttered, ”What are you looking for behind my back? Why don’t you just tell me what it is, and I’111ook for

so nervous that she could not even form a single

was not possible… How

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

it all over Joshua’s crème brûlée. He had eaten not one

picked up his clothes, set them on the coffee table, then sat down gracefully on the

like a dignified and majestic king. His gaze never wavered from Alice ,

room while he was out cold,

through his entire study while he was gone, and she refused to let anyone else

for fear of missing out

he asked his employees at Lynch Group Tower, they said the

he heard this, Joshua passed the

after what happened this afternoon, but contrary to his belief, she

shook her head furiously. “I…

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