Alice immediately stiffened when she heard Joshua’s voice suddenly echoing through the silent room.

She must have misheard it; Joshua had eaten the crème brûlée that she spiked with sedatives. How could he possibly have awoken?

This was impossible…

Alice shook her head and continued rifling through Joshua’s clothes.

“You don’t need any help?“ the same voice rang out from behind her just as she was about to reach for his shirt.

Alice could no longer convince herself she was mishearing things.

She slowly turned around, feeling as though the joints in her entire body were stiff and rigid. She finally took in the scene behind her.

Joshua, dressed in a pair of gray pajamas, was leaning gracefully against the doorframe. He fixated his gaze on her, a smirk playing on his lips.

Alice felt as though her blood had run cold and her entire body had stiffened.

her mouth but did not manage to say a single word.

a smirk and strode over, then slowly

you looking for behind my back? Why don’t you just tell me what

even form a single sentence. Her mind

not possible…

pills in the crème brûlée Joshua had eaten. The doctor had told her that this dosage would not harm Joshua but would surely put him

ground the pills into powder and sprinkled it all over Joshua’s crème brûlée. He had eaten not one but two bowls of it, so how could he still be

on the

his arms on both sides of the sofa and leaned against the backrest, much like a dignified and majestic king. His gaze never wavered from Alice , who was still frozen

had spiked his food and rummaged through his hotel room while he was

Alice had searched through his entire study while

fear of missing

at Lynch Group Tower, they said the

heard this, Joshua passed the divorce papers to

this afternoon, but contrary to his belief, she

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