Marcus, irritated by Millie's behaviour and

also implied that he was a woman-hungry beast who

g, picked up the magazine Millie had dropp

undred-thousand-dollar price tag. Then, he looked at the one Rhea had been eyeing, the one t

to buy her a ba

s already trying to get him to buy her a bag. He

ectedly sweet and pleasant scent that surro

is mouth turning down in a scowl. This must be a ploy to get his attention, devised by that wick

about her and the predicament she had brought to him, the more disorganized his

t of the dressing table. Her nightgown was dragged down a bit, exposing one of h

as so restrictive, and it left a r

om was yanked open in a rather

. without knocking?" Millie s

n front of him. He regained his composure immediately, though, and his

d your permission to enter it

llie was at a l

with imposing steps and a grim expression on his face. When he stopped

er chest. She took a step back, and her g

re you

at you said in the study

ious as Marcus's towering frame closed in on her. He w

aid in th

hard to understand. Was Marc

nk with their lower bodies. Are you so sure a

hen she realized he must fe

comment... What

ring lips went closer to Millie's dazzling white neck, and as t

caught a whiff of the minty

illie grew more frantic. She moved to get away from him, b

" Millie was genui

't jump on you. If anything, they'll only avoi

st as he pulled away from Millie

was

her. A crease appeared on Millie's forehead as

through her hair before opening the bottle of hand cream. As she rubbed

still wat

't go away no matter how well you

hich had been eb

e of my hands? It makes me ha

It doesn't eliminate the issue

e doin

ken aback by

solutely could not let a man she

ent to the bed, pulled up t

e woman was not only shameless and vic

did not tuck them under the comforter and let them dry in the air

s's eyes. He had never seen

he shower, robed and with wet hai

leaving him with nowhere to sleep. He could not po

e, and he was surprised to see how peaceful and sweet

ss. Her long eyelashes resembled the fluttering wings of

ping Millie, but he stopped when he

to take her mask off. Did her face under that mask truly match the ugliness of

ty, Marcus's hand slowly r

he more wildly it trembled. When exactly he

mask now, poised to remov