As the familiar sight of the entrance came into view, someone pulled open the door to the passenger seat.

“Get down.” Christina didn’t have the slightest wish to return to Scenic Garden Manor, which had been nothing more than a cage to her.

“I don’t want to,” she refused indifferently.

She didn’t want to be Mrs. Hadley, much less live at Nathaniel’s mercy.

Before she could react, Christina suddenly felt herself being lifted.

Her soft body stuck close to his muscular chest.

Christina’s heart palpitated inexplicably as she sensed his body heat seeping through her skin.

Nathaniel carried her into the house.

The housekeeper, moving in their direction, was utterly shocked.

She couldn’t believe her eyes when she saw Nathaniel holding Christina, who had been chased out of the house, in his arms.

After gently placing her on the couch, he held up her palm.

The cut on her hand stimulated her nerves, sending pain up her arm.

kit.” The housekeeper, who was in a daze, immediately hummed in acknowledgment after hearing Nathaniel’s stern

retrieved the first-aid kit and placed it

handle this sort of thing? “It’s fine.” He wiped the back of Christina’s hand with a cotton swab stained with aqueous

It hurts!” She feared physical pain the

arm, but he grasped

“Be good.

spoke tenderly as if he was coaxing a

a man, standing at approximately six feet tall,

made

he was done bandaging her wound, he

grazed her skin as if

arm and averted

“Thank you.

home.” Nathaniel seemed to have forgotten entirely about their divorce

knew confronting him head-on wouldn’t benefit her, so she thought communicating with him would

shown me any concern after so many years of

because he changed his mind after we

is unlawful imprisonment!” Nathaniel pinched her

his lips into

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