Chapter 64

Wendy wanted to ease the awkwardness.

Stanley lowered his striking gaze and looked at her, his lips curving into a teasing smile.

"Help me?"

He was drugged, and now she was offering to help him.

Wendy froze, her small face turning crimson. She quickly waved her hands,

flustered. “It's not what you think! I can help you in another way!"

"Oh?" Stanley raised an eyebrow, watching her flail in a hurry to explain herself. His tone lightened, amused." And what other way would that be?"

Wendy couldn't speak.

Was he doing this on purpose? Teasing her on purpose?

The mature man seemed to enjoy the playful torment.

her, Stanley's long legs were encased in tailored

But her face was almost level with it,

His lips curved in a

room, and now she was

go. His hand still held her face. "Why were you sent to the countryside?" he asked, his voice

at him, unsure

one want you?" he

No one wanted her?

words struck Wendy's heart like a blow. She felt her eyes well up with tears. It wasn't just sadness; it was the sting of abandonment, the feeling that she had

part? The man who had once claimed

looked down at her, his posture

on his bed, her delicate

in-tempting him to want her, to claim her, to protect

invisible tension pulled between them, thick with

forcing her little mouth into an "O" shape, revealing her white teeth and the hint

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