“You!”

The implication was that she still had to yield to him in the end.

“Are you threatening me?”

“Indeed,” he responded calmly.

“You monster.”

Dexter did not let her go. With desire welling up within him, he forcefully suppressed it. “Weigh your options. Do you want to fight against me, or against Arnold?”

“Both of you are monsters!”

Dexter took two steps back before giving her a lingering glance, signaling her to think things through carefully.

Listening to the sound of Dexter’s footsteps as he descended the stairs, Josie fiercely wiped her lips, wanting to erase his warmth. Halfway through her action, she suddenly stopped. What is going on? Is Dexter jealous?

then, Dexter descended the last flight of stairs. Standing before him was Grape, clutching

explained, “Grape refuses to sleep,

voice was hoarse. “I want to sleep

the commotion, Josie immediately came out, directly refusing on the stairs, “No, Grape. Sleep

pitiful now, her eyes brimming with tears, while her mouth creased into a pout.

began to fall, drop by

He crouched down and cradled Grape in his arms. “Don’t cry. I’ll sleep with

quickly descended the stairs, cradling the child back into his arms. “This

just a child. It’s not safe for her to sleep

been sleeping alone for

Grape was born, Josie had been consciously and unconsciously nurturing her independence, even encouraging her to be brave enough to sleep alone. This was because most of the time, she didn’t have ample time to accompany Grape and

even though she felt distressed by

heart ache more. “You’re not alone anymore. You have servants, friends, and me. Grape shouldn’t be

daughter, no one knows her better than I do. Dexter, you’ve

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