As her lids drooped, Marcus’ palm continued its exploratory journey across her form, a touch both


    possessive and tender.


    She expressed her disapproval with a gentle swat on his roaming hand.


    “I concede my current vulnerability; my sole recourse remains in my hands. You don’t want me to go


    beyond that, do you?”


    Millie acquiesced, acknowledging Marcus’ nature as a fervent pursuer.


    Approximately thirty minutester, Marcus sumbed to sleep. Gently extricating herself, Millie slipped


    from the bed and proceeded to the kitchen,mencing her culinary preparations, extracting ribs from


    the refrigerator, simmering water, arranging ingredients…


    As the sun dipped below the horizon, an alluring aroma wafted from the kitchen, enveloping their home


    in a savory embrace.


    Leaning against the countertop, Millie’s thoughts drifted back to their initial night as husband and wife.


    His aloof demeanor then had irked her, yet here she stood, orchestrating a nourishing meal.


    Upon Marcus’ awakening, a yearning for Millie’s presence overcame him, propelling him downstairs to


    hug her.


    “Sweetheart, I’ve stirred from slumber. Pray tell, what delectable concoction simmers in your culinary


    realm? A fragrant aroma graces my senses.”


    Dusk’s shadow extended its embrace. Beyond the Smith family’s gates, within a sleek ebony vehicle, a


    man emerged, the car door parting to release him.


    “Whom seek you?” queried the vignt security at the entrance, theirposure wavering in the man’s


    presence.


    Han, his touch firm yetmanding,nded his hand upon the security guard’s shoulder, dictating,


    “Unbar the door.”


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    Though the guard anticipated his shoulder might part ways from its socket, he yielded to his duty and


    resisted the tremors of apprehension, refraining from unlocking the portal.


    Exhaling with exasperation, Han swiftly confiscated the ess card from the guard’s waist,


    propelling him several paces aside and deploying the card to ess the threshold, thereby infiltrating


    the Smith family’s sanctum.


    “Damn it! An intruder!”


    The promation echoed even as the Smith family’s security team gathered, cing Han within the


    mansion’s expanse.


    Attired in the deepest shades of darkness, his attire, trousers, and even leather boots were suffused


    with obsidian hues, and his raven- dark hair mirrored his attire.


    “Summon yourdy forthwith, or I shall not hesitate to shoot you all,” Han ordered, extracting a


    firearm from his pocket, the barrel’s pointed aim unsettling a passing maid.


    “Convey to her that Han awaits her presence.”


    Trepidation seized the maid,pelling her to crawl toward her master, Holden Smith with her


    harrowing tale.


    She hastened to utch the master bedroom’s door.


    Holden and his wife, Jimena Kelly, were on the cusp of slumber. As the door creaked open, their gaze


    converged upon the maid in unison.


    Jimena’s reproach was swift to manifest.


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    “What tumultuous uproar is this? Pray elucidate the cause of your haste.”