Chapter 1923

Liam cast a blank look at her before taking the towel and drying his face with it.

Then, he gently ruffled her hair. “Did I scare you back there?”

Caprice shook her head. “No.”

She was slightly startled, but not to the point of being scared.

Liam smiled faintly. “Sit down. Let me see your head.”

Caprice did as she was told and sat down on a nearby chair.

He delicately parted her hair with his slender fingers and studiously inspected the spot where she had just bumped her head when she was lurking outside the study.

Caprice pursed her lips into a thin smile and told him, “Liam, I’m fine. It doesn’t even hurt anymore.”

He seemed relieved. “Yeah.”

There was some slight redness, but there was no wound.

After watching him return to his usual demeanor, she asked, “What happened to you back there?”

looked like he wanted to devour her

pause, he added, “It’s just… a common reaction from

from a man? What was that supposed to

was left

walking away and seemed to be headed

for answers. She got up and followed him.

hand into hers, she smiled and gestured. “Here, let me show you the garden in the back. It looks very

smiled and squeezed her

Time passed quickly.

around the garden for a while when one of the housemaids had shown up and told them that her father was summoning them for lunch.

no choice but to join them at the dining table right

a fine lunch.

bid farewell to John, Sherry, and Madam Stockton. With

in the garden with Caprice, he had to answer two urgent calls. Something had probably come up in

reluctant to let him go, she knew better than to get

in

his car and turned

there was nobody around, she plunged into his

her hair. “I’ll be going

on her tiptoes and pecked

smile. “Take care at home.”

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