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Staring into her eyes, he felt a surge of irritation.

He hadn’t done anything to her, yet she started crying again?

Women are such trouble...

Will straightened up and paced the room for a few steps, then abruptly stopped.

On the bed, Jessica had already sat up, her face lowered as she wiped her eyes, which made him even more annoyed.

"Stop crying!"

She ignored him and instead sobbed even harder.

"Hey..." Will rushed over and grabbed the arm she was using to wipe her face. "I told you to stop crying, did you hear me?"

Before he finished speaking, Jessica suddenly opened her arms and hugged him, crying loudly on his shoulder.

She hammered his shoulder intermittently while crying and cursing, "Why do you always bully me? What did I do to offend you... jerk..."

No matter how harsh her tactics were, he could always counter her moves, but... this... what was this?!

Will’s movements froze, stopping like a statue, feeling at a loss for a while.

"Hey... you... stop crying... will you?"

After a moment, he reacted and tried to push her away, but Jessica clung tightly to his shoulders.

"Damn jerk, stupid Will, how could I like a jerk like you..."

What did she say?

She liked him?!

Will stretched out his arms, neither pushing her away nor hugging her...

Meanwhile, Jessica had already withdrawn one hand and pulled his hand to place it on her back.

"Idiot, don’t you know how to comfort a woman?"

His hand was pulled over and placed on her waist, and Will’s body gradually softened, slightly hugging her.

"Um... you... stop crying... I... I didn’t bully you..."

"Nonsense, you did... you threw my things this morning!"

She cursed while crying, in a tone more like she was acting spoiled.

"I..." Will became even more exasperated, "I was just... joking..."

"Really?" Jessica lifted her face from his neck, looking at him with tear-soaked eyes. "Do you actually like me?"

"I..." Will averted his gaze, "I don’t."

"You’re lying." Jessica leaned closer to his face, "You like me, don’t you?"

"I said I don’t, so I don’t!"

"Really?" Jessica suddenly raised her hand, grabbed his arm, and with a soft click, the handcuffs from her wrist were now on Will’s wrist.

Before Will realized something was wrong, she had already raised her right hand, pressing the gun she took from him against his chest.

"Ha!" Jessica chuckled softly, "So, you do like me, tsk tsk... Colonel Will, I really didn’t expect this!"

"You!" Will raised his hand to resist, but she pressed the gun against his forehead, "Be careful, if it goes off, it could cost you your life!"

Her tone had turned icy as she grabbed his collar and pushed him onto the bed, patting his handsome face.

"Aren’t they supposed to have ways of dealing with a federal agent? Come on, think of something!"

Will knew he had fallen for her trick and was furious. He responded coldly, "Jessica, I’m telling you, even if you get past this, you won’t escape the Duke Residence."

Jessica pinched his face with a grin, "With you, Colonel, here, not just the Duke Residence, but even the Royal Palace, I can walk out without any problem!"

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