Chapter 15

Stanley's mind wandered back to Wendy's delicate face, her soft lips fragrant and

inviting. He had kissed her not long ago, and

the memory of that tender moment lingered.

As Jessica leaned in for a kiss, Stanley turned his head to avoid her.

Jessica missed her mark and pouted. "Why are you avoiding me?"

Stanley couldn't understand it himself. Jessica was the one he liked. A kiss between lovers was natural. He didn't like Wendy..

But he had just kissed Wendy. The sensation of her lips was still vivid in his memory. As someone with an obsessive cleanliness disorder, the idea of moving seamlessly from one woman to another left him physically uncomfortable-almost repulsed. It felt

unclean.

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

Zayn's voice came from outside. "Sir, the antidote is here."

Antidote?

Jessica froze. She had drugged herself, and Stanley had gone to fetch an antidote?

Stanley removed Jessica's hands from his neck and stood up. Furious, Jessica grabbed a pillow and hurled it at his face.

are you even

practically gift-wrapped herself for him, even gone so far as to drug herself to entice

her.

fell to the carpet after hitting Stanley's face. He glanced

he strode

there silently,

by the floor-to-ceiling window. A moment later, Zayn stepped in. "Sir,

has taken the antidote."

around. "What about the

assistant to deliver it, but when he entered the room, It was empty. Mrs. Hawk had already left,"

his brows furrowing.

the man who came to her room was sent by Stanley to bring

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"Sir, someone picked

'Picked up?' Stanley wondered.

such a potent drug. Who had

deepened. "Was it a man

Zayn hesitated again. "That..."

"Forget it.

matter whether it was a man or a woman?

divorce. It was

business.

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