The man soon realized that something was wrong. His legs felt heavy, as if someone poured lead into them.

That was when he realized in horror that the floor was covered in glue, rendering him immobile.

He narrowed his eyes. “Are you having fun?”

His voice was inordinately deep. Nicole stared back with an innocuous expression, pretending that she had no clue what was happening.

Evan could have easily removed his footwear and left the scene. But he waited. He waited to see what other tricks she had up her sleeve.

Seeing that her husband made no further moves, Nicole got down the bed.

Is the glue really that adhesive?

Or is he such a big germaphobe that he doesn’t want to touch the ground with his bare feet?

If that was the case, Nicole reckoned that this was the perfect opportunity to do whatever she wanted.

Tiptoeing and pinching his well-defined face, she cooed, “Oh Evan, I must thank you for your help these past few days. You have gone to such great lengths to care for me in every way possible. You even got me my favorite dish – ‘anything’.”

The man picked up on the sarcasm in her tone and knew she was going to start an argument.

And he was all ears for it. Let’s see what you’re unhappy about.

‘anything’, so of course I’d

Very literal of you.

barred entry to all my male friends. They couldn’t even enter my ward. Do

I’m justified to limit your freedom

Seriously?

are

Stephen from visiting the ward, but he also even made sure that the person delivering the hospital meals

end up with zero

I’m making sure that you don’t fall into a scam or something. I can’t wait until you return back to your home country. Life should return to normal

was news to Nicole. “Huh? When

a special

days later?” That’s

hesitation did not escape Evan’s eyes. “You

Evan was

surprised at how tight the schedule is! Don’t give me

her. Since you can’t stop assuming that I have a thing for

think it’s polite to visit the estate and give a farewell notice to Sir Musgrave. After all, his blood literally flows in me right now, so I think it’s not very nice if I just

Evan narrowed his eyes.

would be good too. By then, Jeremy should

you too,”

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