The Rose He Showed Off Is Putting Down Roots in a Garden of Her Own novel Chapter 154

She thought of the old saying about women's desires peaking in their thirties and forties. Was she just reaching that age?

She remembered the early years of her marriage, how terrified she used to be.

Sometimes, when he pushed the bedroom door open at night, her heart would leap into her throat. She often wished Julian would stay away on business trips, or that he'd come home completely wasted and just pass out.

Did she love him back then?

Yes.

There was no doubt about that.

But she despised physical intimacy.

She never really understood why.

Eventually, she grew to accept it, but by then, he had lost interest.

He was probably already sleeping with other women by that point.

Thinking about it now, Elara felt absolutely nothing.

His love, or lack thereof, had finally become entirely insignificant to her.

Aaron knocked and walked in with a stack of files. Elara turned back to her desk, completely immersing herself in work.

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Zane put all the supplies he brought back from the club into the nightstand drawer in the master bedroom.

He put the condoms in the top section for easy access, and the pills in the bottom.

He paused. If Elara saw them, would she think he was incapable?

He took the pills back out and moved them to the bathroom drawer, figuring he could take them while washing up.

The entire house was fitted with a water purification system, so he could drink straight from the tap.

Zane lay back on the bed, his mind full of Elara. Unable to sleep, he kept replaying the intense passion of the previous night.

It seemed she really loved the gift box he sent, otherwise she wouldn't have been so forward.

Her appetite for this kind of thing...

It was pretty intense.

Not wearing underwear was the clearest hint she could have given, and he had been stupid enough to think she just didn't know how to use a washing machine.

Thank God she happened to hurt her foot.

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