The person on the other end went silent after that.
Jasmine Sinclair gripped her phone tightly, biting her lip as a sinister glint flashed in her eyes.
'Claire Sinclair, you're finished this time, hmph!'
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After the state banquet, Adrian Quincy claimed something urgent had come up and tasked Ethan Kingsley with escorting Princess Morinka back to her hotel.
And as for his "urgent matter"? It was, of course, to go home and battle his sweet young wife for three hundred rounds.
But...
As soon as Claire Sinclair got home, she took a quick shower, flopped into bed, and fell into a deep, dreamless sleep.
When Adrian Quincy saw her sleeping so peacefully in bed, he couldn't bear to wake her. He just planted a soft kiss on her lips before lying down beside her.
At seven in the morning, an alarm clock started ringing from somewhere in the room.
Claire was jolted awake by the alarm. Annoyed, she still dragged herself up to turn it off.
