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.

you even a

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

her.

after hitting Stanley's face. He glanced at her expressionlessly. "Get

he strode out

sat there

standing by the floor-to-ceiling window. A moment

has taken the antidote."

turn around. "What about the antidote for Imperial

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

turned slightly, his brows furrowing. "Where did

know was that the man who came to her room was sent

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"Sir, someone picked

'Picked up?' Stanley wondered.

had taken such a potent drug. Who had taken her

it a man or

Zayn hesitated again. "That..."

off. "Forget it. I don't want to

man or a woman? He didn't like Wendy.

a divorce. It was

business.

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