Ethan leaned over and whispered in her ear, "We’re good then, right?"

His deep voice made Janet shiver, and goose bumps rose on her skin.She narrowed her eyes at him.

"Don’t push your luck."

"Well, what more would it take? I’ve been out in the cold for days, and it’s been so long since I last kissed you."

Ethan’s gaze fixed on her lips as he said this.He braced his arms on either side of her waist, careful not to touch the infusion tube attached to her hand.

Janet stiffened as he tried to draw closer.If she just let him off after a bout of flirting, he might think she was an easy woman.

"There’s something I want to ask you," she said, her tone chilly.

"Did Charis ever have a boyfriend while she was abroad?"

Considering her background, Charis was more than worthy of a match with the most outstanding man any city had to offer.

There was a distinctly huge gap between her social status and Ethan’s, so why was she so devoted to him? This question was burning a hole in the back of Janet’s mind, but she didn’t want to ask Ethan directly for fear of hurting his self-esteem.

Ethan blew out a small sigh and pulled back.

able to kiss his wife this time,

contact after she left, so I never really had a

to relax at that, but she didn’t seem particularly pleased at all.She glanced at the fruits sitting on the side

eat some fruit." Ethan followed the direction of her gaze

"Anything for you, honey."

towards the table.He picked up an apple and

entirely mollify just yet, and he was more than happy to attend to her needs, no matter how

deft fingers went to work on the

enough, a long, winding strip of apple

him in

just so damn good

the peeled apples and put them in a plate, carrying it

porridge, too.It should have cooled down to the perfect

crept into

apple slices, only for Ethan

call me

it, then! You can

shot him a glare before

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