Chapter 1921

John’s study was inside another courtyard.

Caprice walked to the adjacent courtyard.

Upon her arrival, she noticed that the windows of the study were open. Her eyes shone. She quickly tiptoed to the window, careful to not make any noise.

She heard voices coming from inside the study.

“It’s a very new project. If you’re planning to expand its scope, why don’t we work on it together? I just happen to be planning to expand into the Glanchester market.”

It was Liam’s voice. There was a gravitas in his voice that one usually would not expect coming from a person in his mid-twenties.

She could not resist the urge to poke her head through the window and steal a peek inside.

Liam and her father were seated on separate armchairs.

Her father was in the middle of taking a sip from a teacup. He started shifting some documents around on the table, and that was when he suddenly directed a piercing gaze in Caprice’s direction.

quickly

of her sudden jerk of movement, she accidentally bumped

by the pain, she groaned

Liam stirred with alert, then he quickly rose and walked out of the study.

her head with her fingers. The

get up, and that was when she noticed someone offering a hand to her from the corner of her eyes.

with a

her. He started to massage the slightly swollen part

whimpered, “I didn’t

forehead before asking. “Does it still hurt?”

anymore,” Caprice answered with

pretended to scowl at her and proceeded to pinch her fleshy cheeks.

brushed her fingers over his face which was cool

to do, and now she finally had a chance

briefly startled.

to pinch

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