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.

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

and strode

are you looking for behind my back? Why don’t you just tell me what it is, and I’111ook

even form a

not possible… How could

plenty of sleeping 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 in a deep sleep for a

He had eaten not one but two bowls of it, so how could he still be

them on the coffee table, then

laid his arms on both sides of the sofa and leaned against the backrest, much like a dignified and majestic king. His gaze never

food and rummaged through his hotel room while he was

servants at Blue Bay Villa, Alice had searched through his entire study

fear of missing out on

his employees at Lynch Group

passed the divorce

Alice would back off after what happened this afternoon, but contrary to his belief, she became even more

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