After taking a shower, Janet came out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around her wet hair.

She pulled the towel off her head and started drying her wet hair. Her cheeks were slightly ruddy from the steamy bathroom, which made her look like a plump pink peach. Her eyelashes were wet and slightly plastered together, giving her eyes a doe-like effect.

As he looked at her, Ethan couldn’t help but be reminded of a wild cat he had once seen on the roadside on a rainy day. That little wild cat had the exact same wide, doe-like eyes.

Just then, he noticed that Janet was observing him as well. Ethan frowned slightly. Under her piercing gaze, he felt as though she was trying to see right through his soul.

‘I wonder what’s on her mind?’ he thought to himself.

Ethan leaned back into the sofa and looked back at her calmly. Finally, he said in a low voice, “Don’t beat around the bush and go straight to the point.”

always this casual and blunt, but his sudden seriousness still made Janet’s hair stand on

her gaze and retreated to her bedroom, all the while still drying her hair. But before she went inside,

are

about to enter the room, Ethan’s deep voice interrupted her. “I forgot to ask—did you

at times. Ethan reasoned that they needed to spice things up from time to time. Moreover, he wanted

it was a good idea, but she had just gotten back on track at work, so she couldn’t take a leave anytime soon. “No, thanks.

the window. Then, he closed his eyes and pressed his fingers against his

the first time that he couldn’t figure out what was on Janet’s mind. He had already taken care of

Ethan tasked with investigating the fraud group texted. It turned out that they had found the mastermind behind

turned out that Fiona sought out their boss around a month ago. She gave him a large sum of money and asked him to look for Hannah. He’s a swindler, so it wasn’t a big deal for him to deceive one more person. Moreover, he could’ve gotten more money from the deal, so he agreed to Fiona’s request. Fiona also suggested that he harass Hannah for the money, but when they saw how old and weak she

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