Chapter 171
Lila was forced to tilt her head back and meet his gaze.
She saw the smile on Alexander's face that didn't reach his eyes and realized he wasn't actually angry.
So she grew bolder. "You always call me Mrs. Sinclair, and there's a threat in your words—threatening me that I can't have other men in my heart, and if I do, I need to get rid of them. Well, the same goes for you. You're my husband, and I don't want other women around my husband either. Julie clearly has bad intentions toward you. What's wrong with me pulling you close in front of her to show we're a loving couple? If she sees we have a good relationship and has any sense, she won't go after my husband anymore."
With that, Lila removed Alexander's hand. "Besides, I didn't do anything to you. I just hugged you. If you find it so disgusting, throw away your clothes and go home and take a shower."
Alexander frowned.
What was she talking about?
Throw away his clothes?
Take a shower?
In Lila's eyes, did he really find her that disgusting?
Alexander stepped closer to her, his lips curling into a faint smile. "Tell me, which eye of yours saw me being disgusted?"
Lila paused, then shot back. "If you're not disgusted, why do you keep questioning me?"
"I'm asking, not questioning."
"Is that so?"
After dropping that line, her casual tone carried a hint of dismissiveness. "Then I guess I misunderstood you. Sorry about that."
Alexander stared at her pouty face and slowly said, "I have one more question for you."
The words had barely left his mouth. He hadn't even said what the question was—when Lila blurted out. "I don't have any other men in my heart!"
Alexander narrowed his eyes and scoffed, "Who said I was going to ask you that?"
Her serious expression immediately relaxed. "Then what do you want to ask?"
Alexander snorted before speaking, "You told Julie that you love my abs the most, that they feel amazing. I'm curious, Mrs. Sinclair, when exactly did you touch my abs? Was it while I was asleep, sneaking into my room when I wasn't paying attention?"
Lila's cheeks flushed as she immediately denied it, "I didn't. I don't have that kind of weird habit."
"So when did you touch them?"
"I never touched them, but just because I haven't eaten pork doesn't mean I can't watch a pig run, right?"
Alexander frowned.
What kind of comparison was this woman making?
Who was the pig?
But he generously decided not to dwell on her inappropriate choice of words for now, and instead asked with a questioning tone, "Then tell me, when did you see them?"
After speaking, Alexander's calm eyes showed a bit more interest as he speculated. "Was it when I was taking a shower? Were you peeking at me?"
Lila's eyes widened. "That's definitely not possible. I don't have such weird habits. Don't think of people as so perverted."
"It's not this, it's not that. Then tell me, what's the real story? When did you see them, and where?"
"Since your memory is so bad, I can remind you, but don't get mad after I do."
He frowned, already impatient. "Cut the crap and get to the point."
Lila pressed her lips together. "Remember last time when you insisted on having sex with me? You took off your shirt, and that's when I saw your abs."
She stopped there.
Because what came after was her hitting him with the wireless charger.
Alexander's gaze was cool, but the corners of his mouth curved into an ambiguous smile. "So when you blurted out in front of Julie today that you love how my abs feel, it seems that when you saw them back then, you were already imagining in your head what they would feel like?"