"Harris, you're here!" Nadia hurried to snap out of her act of sleeping, her face showing natural joy, with no trace of what had just happened. Harris' gaze darkened like a brewing storm, fury blazing in his eyes as he fixed them on the sleazy man who dared to approach Nadia. The intruder froze in place, his face turning pale the moment Harris burst into the room. His trembling gaze shifted to Nadia, who was now sitting upright, her sharp, clear eyes a far cry from someone supposedly groggy from sleep. There was no denying it now. She hadn't fainted at all! "Why are you awake already? Didn't you take the medicine?" he hissed, resentment lacing his voice. His eyes darted between them, panic dawning. "You two planned this, didn't you?" His grand plans hadn't even started before the

