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.

did not manage to say a single word. After a long while,

“ Joshua curled his lips into a smirk and

”What are you looking for behind my back? Why don’t you just tell me what it

not even

possible… How

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

powder and sprinkled it all over Joshua’s crème brûlée. He had

them on the coffee table, then sat down

His

spiked his food and rummaged through his hotel room while he was out cold, he immediately ordered Lucas to investigate everything

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

for fear of missing out on

he asked his employees at Lynch

passed the divorce papers

off after what happened this afternoon, but contrary to his belief,

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255