her, Cherry feigned an air o

e had already carefully prepared this whole story before Adam had gotten home, so she just recited it from memory.

tened, so I found a woman who will only be responsi

he came to me for help. Since I'm generous, I offered her this choice, and she agreed." Of course, Adam knew that

e was the equivalent of p

corners of his mouth, Adam quickly signed

into her eyes. "Cherry, you are playing with fire."

through her lies, but so what? He had accep

oud that she could even

g accompanied,' she thought. Then, she smiled like a mango

retary. "Lucy, get someone to tidy up the Bay Villa

but he quickly cut her off. "I don'

ble." After hanging up the

ppy and expectant all of a sudden. He was finally going to

in the southeast corner of Y City, s

eople wouldn't be able to get their hands on one of these villas no matter how hard they

l. And after dropping her off here, Cherry hadn't visited her or called her either⁠

At first, she had thought that she wouldn't be able to sleep well in this unfamiliar house surrounded by the

dly stocked with everything she needed,

have prepared these things for her, s

cy. Every morning, she got up and went to work as usual. After returning to the villa, s

lise cooked dinner

dishes of meat, vegetables, soup, and a

ry bite of foo

ve the bowl of soup, her

el

n's worried and anxious voice ca

ing with tears. She had to take a d

s turned white. She wanted to tell her boyfriend about everything th

abroad for a month for some work. Now that he was finally back, he had gone straight to Elise's house to give her a surprise. However, El

rying to steady her voice as much as possible. An

have a gift for you." A sweet and gentle smile appear

t convenient for me to go out now," Elise said hurriedly. She really wi

orrow afternoon." Colin didn't ask any mo

t her lips and wiped t

." Colin waited until E

illed with longing, distance s

eir separation wouldn

ughts of Colin, didn't notice that s

walked with light footsteps, but today, in order to see what Elis

Colin. And judging from her tone, it

ved at a bad time. When he heard Elise tell Colin that she missed

s footsteps louder, makin

s woman calling another ma

the contract, she belonged to Ada

asked coldly, taking

ightened by Adam's sudden appearance. Her eyes were wide open with horror

I am," Adam said ligh

seeing the appetizing food on the table. He subtly tou

tchen in a hurry and filled a bowl of rice for Adam. At th

e bowl of rice and a pair of

am took the bowl

d react to the food. After twenty minutes of eating elegantly in silence, Adam put down his

er looked cold and arrogant. Even when he was s

his presence. At this moment, she finally wo

an. It was not difficult for her to cook for one mo

ut cold and intimidating man,

I won't force you to do anything, so you don't have to be afraid of me. After all, we have to get along with e

be afraid, Mr. Mo," Elise said

ka

document with his name on it to Elise, Adam turne

ter Elise moved in, he had arranged for her to stay there. In his ey

hey were going to consummate their agreement tonight. Aft

how nervous Elise was, so he didn't press her. H

ding what he meant. However, a flood of r

ad been worrying unn

outine. Nothing happened between the two of them. Except for d

t, she just prepared a midnight snack befor

meaning it held. All she knew was that she would feel

ect. Slowly, Elise got used to Adam's p

ging in the villa when she received a cal

een able to meet him the previou

, which was the place they had agreed to meet in. In the past, whenever she and Co

k a seat at their usu

a gentle smile on his face, Coli

s early." Elise shook