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.

that he wouldn’t be able to kiss

after she left, so I never really had a way

at that, but she didn’t seem particularly pleased at all.She glanced

followed

"Anything for you, honey."

was already walking towards the table.He picked up an apple

was more than happy to attend to her needs, no matter how trifling

deft fingers went to work on

enough, a long, winding strip of

watched him in

was just so damn good

and put them in a plate, carrying

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

crept

hide it, she huffed and reached for the plate of apple slices, only for Ethan to pull

you call

it, then! You can eat those

him a glare before scoffing and

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