Chapter 1074

Just as Suzanne reached out to undo the button on Roxanne's shirt, Roxanne abruptly grabbed her hand and snapped, "What are you doing?" At that moment, panic flashed through her heart. The whip marks Wyatt had left on her body hadn't fully faded yet. She couldn't let Suzanne or Austin find out about that. If they did, she'd be facing far worse consequences. Seeing how tense Roxanne was, Suzanne assumed she was just feeling embarrassed because Austin was there. In a calm tone, she reassured, "Don't worry. I'm only looking at your arm. I won't touch anywhere else." She then looked at Austin and instructed, "Austin, go eat at the small table over there. Don't look here." After all, with a man in the room, it was natural for Roxanne to be cautious. Austin turned and walked to the floor-to-ceiling window without a word. He didn't want to look anyway. But Roxanne's concern had nothing to do with modesty. In fact, she wished Austin would look at her more. But clearly, Suzanne had misund