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 whole.

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

man? What

left more confused.

already walking away and seemed to be headed somewhere else.

him for answers.

the garden in the back. It looks

squeezed her

Time passed quickly.

been walking around the garden for a while when one of the housemaids had

no choice but to join them at the dining table right away.

was a fine

Liam bid farewell to John, Sherry, and Madam

time in the garden with Caprice, he had to answer two urgent calls. Something had probably come up in Westchester that needed his attention.

better than to get in the way of his work. She walked him to the gate.

car was parked in its original spot.

his car and

was nobody around, she

ruffled her hair. “I’ll be

hugged him longingly, then she raised herself on her tiptoes and pecked the corner of

returned a radiant smile. “Take care at home.”

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