Unwanted Roses

Only Cecelia had slapped him again and again. Only she dared to do that.

"Mr. Croft..."

Stella entered the office and said, "Ms. Adler knocked over the decorative plant by the entrance as she left."

"Let her knock it over."

"What?" Stella was taken aback.

Let her knock it over?

Desmond wiped at the blood where Cecelia had bitten his lip. "Go to the Adler residence and bring Cecelia back here. Tell