43. The mysterious man
Author: Viki West
last update2023-01-26 09:26:44
Entering the hall, an annoyed Elsa yanked her hands away from Felix's grasp as she turned to face him face-to-face. Felix also halted in his tracks and looked at her.

"Okay, now I think this is the part where you explain what all that was about." She gazed at him without a trace of a smile on her face. You don't expect her to grin like a fool after that show outside.

Felix scratched his eyebrows as he said, "The truth is, that lady is actually my wife."

"Huh?" Elsa raised her brows in surprise.

"Yeah, but it's kind of an arranged marriage," he said, watching the expression on her face.

After a while, she mumbled, "Hmm." She nodded her head. "But if she is your wife, why did you deny her that way?" "That was really embarrassing; I mean, speaking as a girl, you know."

Oh, that..." Felix was surprised at her reaction to the news. He was expecting her to flare up at him for hiding such vital information from her, but the opposite was her reaction. "Speaking as a live-in houseboy and matri
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