"You..."

Claudia's eyes widened in disbelief, rendered speechless.

How could he utter such shameless remarks?

"Claudia, you'll have to get used to the fact that we're a couple."

Bennett raised his hand to rub her affectionately. "It's normal to make love."

Caught off guard, Claudia found herself at a loss for a retort. She had initially planned to blame him, yet she unexpectedly found herself being "educated" by his matter-of-fact response.

Unable to contend with the situation, she hastily escaped under the pretext of practicing the piano.

Bennett raised his eyebrows at her response and walked out of the room unhurriedly.

Seated before the piano, Claudia read Aurora's message again, at a loss for how to reply for a long time.

After staring at her phone for a while, she settled for replying with a simple emoji.

After that, she collected herself and redirected her focus to earnestly practicing the piano.

Three hours later, Claudia picked up her phone again and left the piano room.

Bennett was in the study. She descended the stairs, poured a glass of water, and knocked on the door.

"Come in."

When Claudia opened the door, she saw him sitting in front of his computer with a stoic expression, and she set the glass of warm water down in front of him, turned, and left the room.

She just saw that Bennett was engaged in a video conference.

The temperature had dropped noticeably in the morning, and the villa felt much colder.

Claudia returned to her room to change into a sweater. As she contemplated heading downstairs to see what dishes Marcia had prepared that day, Bennett pushed the door open and entered.

"Have you finished the meeting?" she asked.

Maintaining his classic style, Bennett was dressed in a white Low-necked sweater and Light brown straight trousers.

He was still wearing his glasses, having yet to remove them after the video conference.

At the sight of him, Claudia's heart quickened instantly.

Clad in dark attire, the man looked like a true gentleman.

However, his deep, onyx eyes conveyed a cold and ruthless demeanor.