Chapter 125 Just An Act

Sensing something amiss, he opened the door to take a look.

There was no one in front of the computer on the desk.

Gwendolyn?”

Maverick looked alert. He walked in to investigate and heard heavy breathing from under the desk.

He lifted the tablecloth abruptly and saw Gwendolyn curled up in the small space. Her face was abnormally flushed.

Crouching down, he lightly touched her neck to find her body was unbearably hot.

This is…

The cup

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of coffee on the table was half-drunk, and the sugar packet on the tray had been torn open. He recalled Frida’s unusual behavior when he visited her a few hours ago and instantly realized what was happening.

“Damn it!”

He lifted Gwendolyn from under the desk.

His cool body felt comfortable against her. An indescribable thought flashed through her drug-influenced mind for the first time.

She clung to his neck, driven by the scent of male hormones. It was as if they were compelling her to sin. Maverick carried her back to the bedroom, feeling her restless movements against his body. He loosened his grip, afraid of hurting her.

“Gwendolyn, hang in there a little longer. Everything will be all right soon.”

Upon hearing the familiar voice, she mustered her consciousness and lifted her gaze to take a look.

She swelled in anger when she realized it was Maverick. Suppressing the burning feeling in her chest, she raised her hand and slapped him across his face.

The slap wasn’t particularly hard as she was drugged, but it was enough to catch Maverick, who was about to head to the bathroom, off guard.

Gwendolyn struggled, slipping from his grasp, but her hand still grasped his shirt tightly.

The two suddenly lost their balance and fell to the ground.

Maverick wrapped his arms around her neck without

hissed in

his swollen, still-healing wound was. He broke

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he could process the intense pain, another harsh slap landed heavily

smack.

his embrace, dragging his upper body to the floor as she did so. She pressed her knee hard against his chest

her eyes filled

thought I would lose control if you drugged me so you

calm down.

Slap!

and landed another slap

and anger intertwined in her heart and threatened to burn her rationality to

with the

noticed that Gwendolyn’s hand that was gripping his collar

suffer a

her chest again, causing her to curl up on the floor and shiver uncontrollably. A wicked voice inside her head

I can’t! Absolutely not!

the frigid floor, hoping its icy temperature would awaken her

sit up, only to see her suffering silently on

the drugs are not expelled in time! She’s already suffering so much, yet she’s still unwilling to use me to relieve the effects of the

over to pick her up

me! I’ll

stiffened for a second, but he still decided to carry her. “All right. You can do whatever you want once the drugs

from his grasp. Her mind was hazy, and her head

turned on the showerhead and filled the bathtub with cold

withstand the temperature difference, he carefully lowered her into the water, gritting his teeth as he tried not to tremble. He was afraid of dropping her. It

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water reached her collarbone that he retracted

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subsided at little, and her furrowed brows began to relax. She

away.

the edge of the bathtub,

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accused her of drugging him the night before their divorce and even ridiculed her relentlessly

to be wrongly accused. He didn’t expect

a

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