Chapter 12

Chapter: 12

He regained his composure immediately, though, and his temper began to flare again. The woman was definitely up to

something.

“This is my room; | don’t need your permission to enter it,” Marcus stated snappishly.

For a while, Millie was at a loss for words.

As soon as she had straightened her nightgown, Marcus walked up to her with imposing steps and a grim expression on his

face. When he stopped in front of her, his authoritative presence immediately enveloped her.

Millie’s heart began pounding wildly in her chest. She took a step back, and her grip on the bottle of hand cream tightened.

“What are you doing?”

“What did you mean by what you said in the study?” Marcus asked sternly.

Millie’s eyes widened, shocked by the question and anxious as Marcus's towering frame closed in on her. He would not hurt her

over something so trivial, would he?

“What | said in the study?”

What she said earlier was not hard to understand. Was Marcus doing this to defend Rhea?

“You said that men are creatures who only think with their lower bodies. Are you so sure about that?” Marcus’s voice dipped

alluringly.

Millie wrinkled her brows when she realized he must feel humiliated by her words.

“It's an offhand comment... What are you doing?”

Suddenly, Marcus's face took on a peculiar expression. His alluring lips went closer to Millie’s dazzling white neck, and as they

did, she felt a tingling sensation all throughout her body.

As Marcus got closer, Millie caught a whiff of the minty scent coming from his body.

When his lips were only a few inches away from her skin, Millie grew more frantic.

She moved to get away from him, but Marcus grabbed her hands, effectively immobilizing her.

“Get away from me!” Millie was genuinely panicking now.

“You're wrong. Even if you’re a woman, men won’t jump on you. If anything, they’ll only avoid you if they see your face,” Marcus

ridiculed.

His lips curled in intense disgust as he pulled away from Millie, and he snorted condescendingly.

That was it?

As it tumed out, he only did that to humiliate her. A crease appeared on Millie’s forehead as she willed her racing heartbeat to

slow down.