Son-In-Law Gets an Upgrade

Chapter 802 A Peculiar Scent

Back in Arthur’s Tavern, Alex and Maggie were almost done with their meal.

The two of them discussed what to gift Richard for his birthday. Despite their prolonged discussion, they had yet to reach a conclusion.

Most of their conversation revolved around Maggie’s various attempts to flirt and captivate Alex. However, the man remained unfazed by her charms.

Such a stubborn man!

Maggie cursed the dense man countless times in her heart. She even considered cracking open his head to see what could possibly make him so impervious to her charms.

After leaving the restaurant, Alex found Maggie intended to follow him back to the hotel.

“Why are you following me?” he asked, puzzled.

Maggie shrugged nonchalantly and replied, “Why should you care where I go? It’s late, so it’s unsafe for me to return alone. Can’t I get a room here too?”

case, then there’s nothing I can do. Alex shrugged and returned to his own room.

Maggie took the

beauty was a stroke of luck or a curse. In any

was settling into the soft bed, he noticed a peculiar scent in the room.

he took in another sniff

was different

and felt an unusual heat creeping up

ordinary man.

unnatural heat from his body. His expression

burning slowly in the room. The unusual scent was emanating from

of the problem, Alex extinguished the candle and tossed it into the trash, clearing the room of

was Maggie. After all, she had booked this room for him, and she was the most likely

Maggie had tried such tactics before. Back at Sakura Club, she had. snuck into his room late at night in

would resort to using such props to trick him this time. He had never taken issue with her before, but this incident had cast her in a