Chapter 224

Her eyelashes fluttered slightly, then stilled. She’d gone completely rigid. Even her breath paused for a second. Julian Archer noticed the tension in her body. He straightened up, gently pulled the blanket over her again, and backed away. Claire Richards woke up: “…” Really? In between all his busy work, he still found time to sneak a kiss? This guy probably didShe peeked through the peephole. And wow—just like that, she was speechless. Claire Richards didn’t open the door. She just acted like she didn’t hear a thing and went back to the kitchen, noodles still needed cooking, tomato meat sauce still needed stirring… So Tessa Howard wasn’t just bluffing when she quit her job, turns out she got to London ahead of time. But wait, hadn’t Michael Reed said she’d lived here before? Then how come she didn’t have a key? The doorbell kept going off. Claire ignored it like it was background noise. Normally, everyone would be asleep by now. If anyone got annoyed enough to go downstairs, well, th