A Beauty With Multiple Masks

Chapter 1452 A Sweet Morning

The Wilhelms had planned on taking a quick shower before returning to the laboratory. After overhearing the students’ conversation about Arielle’s injury, they decided to rush home to check on their adopted daughter instead.

Back at Paelsford Manor, Arielle had just finished building a Lego structure with Pat when her phone started to ring.

She checked the caller ID, and her eyes crinkled with a smile. “Hey, Mom.”

“San, I heard that you were injured. What happened? Is it serious? Where are you now?”

Andrea’s barrage of questions caused Arielle’s lips to curve with a smile. The older woman’s concern warmed her heart.

Arielle assured her, “I’m fine. It’s a minor injury to my arm. It’ll recover in a couple of days. Don’t worry.”

“Are you really okay?” Andrea barreled on without awaiting Arielle’s reply, “Never mind. Let us know where you are. Your dad and I will come and check on you. Only that’ll soothe our nerves.”

home. Pat says you haven’t come home in a few days, and he’s upset that you didn’t call him about it.” Arielle smiled as

slapped her forehead in response. She exclaimed, “Oh dear! We were so busy that

had arranged for him to sleep in the neighboring room, yet he had snuck over to

nightstand. When she saw the time, she elbowed Vinson lightly in the stomach and whispered, “Vinson, it’s almost five. You should

tender and thick with

before Arielle got up. He tightened his arms around his wife and pressed his chin below her ear. With his rich, magnetic baritone, he muttered, “But I don’t want

Arielle in his arms, and he did not wish to leave. Stretching his arm, he took her hand and placed it on his body. Arielle was instantly wide awake,

she called out

beneath his. His dark eyes were brimming with tenderness, and Arielle blushed even more fiercely as she met his

could not resist bending down to capture her lips in a

served to heighten his desire. Deftly,

later, Vinson carried Arielle out of the bathroom and helped her to change. Then, he carefully