Madly Yours (Nora Reed) novel Chapter 816

Hudson smiled, reaching out to tap the tip of her nose. His voice was low and deeply affectionate. "As you command, my lady."

The teasing title made Nora's ears burn. Before she could glare at him, the roar of an engine echoed from the courtyard.

She instinctively looked out the window. "Who's that?"

A second later, Olive's boisterous laughter rang out from the yard. "Archer?! Weren't you overseas? Why the hell are you back!"

Archer?!

Nora immediately turned to look at Hudson. Without another word, she grabbed his hand and pulled him toward the stairs.

Outside, Archer had barely stepped out of the car when Olive yanked him forward, nearly making him trip. Regaining his balance, he grinned. "I finished the job, so I came back. Did you miss me, Olive?"

"In your dreams! Why didn't you say you were coming back? I thought someone broke in!"

"What kind of thief drives through the front gates?"

"Arthur's kind!"

"..."

Nora and Hudson walked downstairs just in time to catch the group bickering in the courtyard.

Seeing the couple emerge, the team instantly sobered up, standing straight with their hands behind their backs.

"Mr. Lancaster, Nora. I brought back what you asked for..."

Archer stepped forward, pulling a palm-sized velvet box from his pocket and handing it over. "I swapped this out of Elias Winslow's safe. I put the decoy pill that Dr. Vane prepared back in its place..."

"Dr. Vane prepared a decoy?"

Nora was genuinely surprised. That meant this wasn't a spur-of-the-moment decision. Long before Archer even left the country, Hudson had anticipated this exact scenario and set the trap in motion...

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