ave him think she is still going to submit to his whim all the time. The Lily he was previously married to might have do

n home yet. She bit down hard on her bottom lip, to keep its trembles from the gazes of the servants, who were all overjoyed to see her. Lily kn

er interrupted her thoughts, and with a small smil

did when she first moved in as a wife, and then she had been excited to add touches of homeliness to it, but now, she decided it was better off looking lifeless. It would be an epit

her a sad smile. "Is dinner ready?" Marie immediately n

and s

ut him, then go and get the needed rest from moving twice

clock in his office, and he nodded.

owner. His frown immediately disappeared and was replaced with a forced smile when he saw Charlotte staring at him a

. Her scent immediately engulfed his nose, and he wanted nothing but to push her away. Her scent was rough, nothing like Lily's soft v

nothing like her. When she showed up unannounced yesterday after 5 years, he waited for happiness at her return, at her apology, but it never came... He thought taking her home to

and shook his head, no, not Lily, this isn't just about Lily, he would have been interested in her little yapping about nothing a few years ago, but this time around he

ddle of her rants, and she responded with a

otel tonight, I know neither of us want to see her botched face tonight." Asher clenched his fists tightly to keep in check the s

my wife." Her eyes widened at his word

t referring to her as that... In my pre

calm and steady as always, but Charlotte almost tripped over

voice and walked over to him, her hands cu

s eyes widened and she immediately backed away from him. Her mind raced all over, trying to figure out why he

by.

pology and crappy excuse, he had a hunch she was lying but he was too busy trying to feign happiness at her return. He wai

iar, and a manipulator, and it's