The Wrong Woman

Candice entered the bathroom and took her bath.

The entire process took a little over an hour.

Normally, after bathing, she would wash her hair and blow-dry it. Then, she would do her skincare routine, apply a face mask and hand mask, and finally apply lotion and cream all over her body.

By the time she finished all this, more than an hour had passed.

When she came out of the bathroom, she was surprised to find Elio already in her room.

His pillow and blanket were on the sofa. He was sitting there in casual sleepwear, looking at his phone.

She was slightly stunned. She was nervous for some reason because she had thought Elio was just joking when he said he would stay with her. She didn't expect him to come to her room to accompany her. She froze in place with her heart racing like crazy. She just stood there and nervously looked at him.

Elio put down his phone and then looked up at her. He curiously asked with a gentle voice, "Do you always take this long to shower?"

With her hands clutching her nightgown, Candice nodded nervously. Thankfully, her nightgown was modest or she would have felt even more embarrassed.

Seeing her standing there like a frightened child, Elio's heart melted. He said, "I'll sleep in your room tonight."

Candice nodded vigorously.

smile, he still managed to suppress it. Then, he

walked toward the bed and lay down. After that, she pulled the

felt so nervous that her body was tense. She also found it hard to breathe.

never imagined that one day

the Hoffises, just to catch a glimpse of

would even make excuses to leave when she showed up to deliberately avoid

was so heartbroken at that time. She thought Elio disliked her so much that

he was also willing to risk his life to save her, and even stay with her just because he worried she would be

him

have

was Elio's nephew, so he probably asked Elio to

have

about to

gaze made her heart

few seconds of eye contact Candice felt like she was going crazy, so she quickly looked away. She stammered,