Jade Winter beckoned a staff member over. "Mr. York has had too much to drink. Help him to the guest room to rest."
"Right away, Ms. Winter."
The servant and Jade supported Miles York on either side as they headed to the guest room. Macy York had just gone to Serena Wells's room but, thinking of Julian Fox downstairs, decided to head back down to grab some cake first.
Catching sight of two figures retreating down the hall, she paused.
Didn't that silhouette look a bit like Miles and Jade?
He rarely ever drank, so how could he be drunk?
Maybe she was mistaken. Her brother was probably still with Julian and the others.
...
Inside the room, Miles felt a burning heat radiating through his body. A thin layer of sweat broke out on his forehead as he desperately craved a glass of water.
Jade had already bribed the servant, instructing her not to let anyone near this part of the house.
Having received a handsome tip, the servant nodded and locked the door behind her as she left.
Jade offered him a glass of water, her voice soft and laced with seduction. "Miles, here's some water. You must be drunk. I've already asked someone to prepare a hangover remedy."
For someone who had been drugged, water couldn't quench the thirst; it only fueled the fire.
Once Miles finished the glass, the scorching heat inside him surged instead of fading. The drug ravaged his rationality as he suppressed a heavy pant, stripping off his jacket and tearing at his collar.
Seeing him like this, the corners of Jade's bright red lips curled upward. She leaned in, reaching out to take the jacket he had just discarded.
Her voice was as smooth as silk. "Miles, let me hang that up for you."
Jade tossed the jacket aside and pressed closer, her breath brushing warmly against him. "Miles, I've already had someone prep something for your stomach. You'll feel much better after you drink it."
Her tone was thick with ambiguity, a sultry look painting her features. She reached her soft, delicate hands toward his chest, attempting to undress him further.
The drug screamed and burned through his veins, but Miles still clung to a sliver of sanity, refusing to compromise his boundaries.
The moment her fingertips grazed the fabric of his shirt, Miles's eyes snapped up. A dark, violent storm raged in his gaze as he forcefully shoved her away.
"Don't touch me!"
Jade stumbled back a couple of steps, looking up at him in utter shock. She couldn't believe he could still suppress his desires and push her away while under the influence of the drug.
Was he even into women? But then she remembered how he had slept with Quinn Avery at a hotel after being drugged, proving there was absolutely nothing wrong with his preferences.
There was no reason Quinn could make him lose control while she couldn't.
"Shut up!"
"Jade, I never thought you'd stoop so low as to use such filthy, despicable tricks to drug me."
He hadn't even drank much alcohol earlier. It was only after finishing the glass she handed him that his body started failing him.
Coupled with all her suggestive movements and behavior in the room, it wasn't hard to guess that she was the one who drugged him.
Jade always knew he would figure it out, but what did it matter once they slept together? Once the deed was done, knowing she drugged him wouldn't change a thing.
If he took her body, the York family would be forced to give her and the Winter family an explanation!
"Miles, I love you. And you obviously love me too. If it weren't for Quinn, we would have been together a long time ago."
"Now that you've divorced her, we can finally start over."
"Shut your mouth. What do you mean 'start over'? I've told you, I have no romantic feelings for you whatsoever. We were only ever friends, and as of right now, we aren't even that!"
The figures in front of Miles began to blur. The drug was hitting him harder by the second, turning his eyes a deep, bloodshot red. The burning lust was becoming impossible to suppress, and he desperately tried to pull the door open to escape.
But the door was locked from the outside, and it refused to budge.

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The readers' comments on the novel: She Walked Away With His Twins While He Begged the Ground She Walked On
Lol.. this guy is a complete fool , I dont know how he is the top predator , he rather believes Jade than Doctor's diagnosis 🙄 he is rich , if he didn't believe that particular doc ,he cud take her to another doctor. N he says he thinks of her as sis I mean no brother is this obsessed with his sis ,he does have a bio sis, he doesnt behave with her like that....
Whats wrong with grandparents in this kind of stories? They force the wife to stay even if she is miserable bcos they believe their grandson loves her but never tell how a married guy shud behave just enabling his behavior. 😏...
He can be friends with Jade with no boundaries but she cant be friends with Ethan? Such hypocrisy. So he does know the way he is being with Jade is wrong and still does it...
This guy brought the kid against her mom's wishes and he doesn't even respect her n when her kids are hurt she can't even fight? What gives him the right? He is just plain disgusting...
Why does he have authority over other kids? Why wud he send his assistant to bring the kids over against their mom's wishes? This guy is just stupid ,it's like a mad n stupid dog sitting on money n just doing whatever he feels like without an ounce of respect for others....
You are just a snob and holier than thou person....
His aristocratic upbringing stopped him from losing composure? Seriously , his aristocratic upbringing is not that great , he got no morals , only using underhanded tactics on a helpless individual . He got money ,so it's a viable sophistry when his heart is rotten. When the winter's family is in the wrong ,why is he scared of them attacking his wife and the winter's family doesn't even give him a shot n he still acts like a dog for them. Please don't make him the endgame for her....
It's for her own good . He is afraid of Arthur Quinn ? I mean what use is he as a husband when he's afraid of someone will ruin his wife's career n already had done once and he still doesn't have the guts to stand up for her? He can only show his power n abuse on innocent ones with no background like his wife? How disgusting is he? N he thinks he's above everyone and even when he looks down upon someone bcos she is a maid's daughter , when he is this spineless?...
Why only one episode uploading for the last 2 days?...
I would have accepted the jerk husband ending up with the heroine if he’s only powerful, intelligent but he’s so powerless and so stupid....