y headed to the kitchen to prepare di
rom a high fever, determined to cook Adrian a lavish dinn
's heart is through his stomach. But J
indispensable to him and
been in an unusually good
w her feverish body had al
realized how nai
erished girl, but afterward, she had reduc
path
declared, rejecting Adrian'
ed down at her with a mixture of arrogance and p
upset about Eri
ing, but her sil
Rebecca isn't in good health. If you hurt her bro
ded, "Joelle, you've lost loved ones too
cending the stairs and scoffed, "So you think
ning, your brother will receive several lucrative project proposals.
nto fists, which trembled
projects could make up for t
d Erick's lives held valu
er vision blurred, and she had to steady herself ag
and settled into the
authoritative tone and expected
her head and limped
she stepped into the kitchen, she closed the frosted glass doo
hear her, she covered her mouth
at on the sofa, his
to visit his grandmother together tomorro
ng her only brought back the memory of the morning th
forgot to mention that Mrs. Miller sprained her ankle today. Given
s
uptly and turned his icy
uite some time, yet the kitche
ng to pull herself together. Suddenly, the d
ense. He first noticed the tear stains on her
...
eact, Adrian scooped
the strength and steadiness of his embrac
out a word, lifted her skirt to inspect
le anymore?" Adrian snapped, hi
Joelle realized she mi
n, he let her rest on the sofa while he o
e was transported back to the days when they weren't
had opened the kitchen door and seen Joelle crying o
Adrian had been close
had tried to use their union to
bed, and now she
d it difficult to comple
ed, Joelle picked up her pillow and b
ebrows in surprise.
ing in the
Joelle think he wo
there, eager to be by his side. Now she said she wanted to sleep els
redicted rain tonight, complete with thunder
ut she never returned. When he awoke the next morn
e was already bus
halter apron that accentuated her waist, and
she tasted the steami
hair slipped from behind her ear. The morning sunlight fi
uddenly didn't feel like
had been considerate and gen
ble, Joelle neatly arranged
t your grandma today
ed. "Let's
apron. With an unreadable expression, she stated, "Whe