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.

not manage to say a single word. After a long while, she finally stammered,

“ Joshua curled his lips into a smirk and strode over, then slowly squatted

Alice’s hands and sternly uttered, ”What are you looking for behind my back? Why don’t you just tell me what

she could not even form

possible… How could this

doctor had told her that this dosage would not harm Joshua but would surely

it all over Joshua’s crème brûlée. He had eaten not one but two bowls of it, so how could he still

set them on the coffee table, then sat

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 in shock, and asked, ”You’re looking for the

room while he was out cold, he

through his entire study while he was gone, and she refused to let

fear of missing

employees at Lynch Group Tower, they

heard this, Joshua passed the

what happened this afternoon, but contrary to his belief, she became

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