What kind of person had a bathroom larger than a bedroom, complete with built-in leisure facilities? If he were poor, people would call it showing off. If he were rich, they would call it refined taste.Severin, a well-known womanizer, clearly belonged to the second category. Unsurprisingly, his bathroom was something else entirely.Cyrus was a polite man, so he did not demand to inspect Scarlett the moment she arrived. Even so, for the sake of safety, no matter how reluctant he felt, he still needed to confirm with his own eyes that she carried no poison or weapons. That step could not be skipped.Still, he allowed her to bathe first. In his mind, it was a basic courtesy toward a woman he had once admired. Rules were rules. Respect did not change them.Inside the bathroom, Scarlett turned on the hot water and let it cascade over her body. She exhaled slowly. A hot shower had once been ordinary, yet now it felt almost sacred.One never realized how precious such things were until
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