?Chapter 129:


    Would Cayson have acted without his consent?


    “Mrs. Thorpe, does it bother you to share my bedroom?” Kaiden looked up, murmuring.


    “Kaiden, is it so hard to speak kindly?” Ellie fixed her gaze firmly on Kaiden’s eyes. She needed to know if it was his decision to let her use the master bedroom.


    Kaiden’s face remained expressionless, his demeanor indicating this was his usual way ofmunicating.


    Frustrated, Ellie returned to the master bedroom, unwilling to engage in further argument.


    The room was expansive, spanning over a hundred square meters, and it featured a king-size bed. Noticing men’s toiletries next to her own skincare products, Ellie paused, momentarily lost in thought. Two months into their marriage, the reality of it finally started to sink in.


    The intrusion into her personal space felt bizarre, a foreign sensation. After brushing her teeth, Ellie carefully ced her toothbrush back, ensuring it didn’t touch Kaiden’s.


    “You only use your mouth for eating, yet you still brush your teeth?” she muttered harshly, eyeing his toothbrush.


    Before she could finish, she sensed a piercing gaze. Startled, Ellie saw Kaiden standing at the bathroom door. “When did you get here? Why didn’t you make a sound? You frightened me.” With Kaiden’s entrance, the spacious bathroom felt suddenly constricted.


    Kaiden spoke slowly. “Besides eating…”


    As he advanced towards her, Ellie, caught in his intense gaze, gripped the marble washstand, her breath catching.


    He stopped right in front of her. In the next moment, his hand firmly grasped her chin, tilting her face upward. His lips brushed hers lightly, cool yet assertive.


    Ellie’s eyes widened in surprise. After a while, Kaiden released her, wiping away a droplet from her mouth.


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    “I can also kiss,” he finished his sentence.


    Dumbfounded, Ellie remained rooted to the spot. Her mind was swirling with questions about the kiss. If the onest night was due to Kaiden’s sudden interest sparked by her actions, what did this kiss signify?


    Exiting the bathroom, she was still grappling with these thoughts, yet she couldn’t deny ack of repulsion towards Kaiden’s kiss.


    The bathroom door clicked shut behind her.


    Kaiden, left alone, surveyed the sudden influx of women’s items in the bathroom with a slight frown. She had so many items just for grooming? He wondered if she could even distinguish between all those bottles and jars, let alone use them all.


    Then his gaze fell on Ellie’s toothpaste, one cranberry-vored, and another rose-scented. He was baffled by the concept of vored toothpaste, let alone why she needed two types.


    After a brief pause, Kaiden snapped a photo of the toothpastes with his phone, sending it to Cayson along with a message: “Get toothpastes for Ellie based on these.”


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