Chapter 22

Eleanor stole a glance at Cedric sitting in the passenger seat.

Seeing him focused on looking out the window, the embarrassment in the her heart gradually eased.

She held a tissue, bowing her head and silently cleaning the rainwater off her body.

Cedric looked in the rear–view mirror at the thin figure in the back seat.

In such cold weather, she didn’t even have a coat on, and was out in the rain trying to hail a cab. Cedric was quite curious.

“Ms. Shultz, why didn’t Mr. Caporal give you a ride home?”

Hearing the name Mr. Caporal, Eleanor furrowed her brows in confusion. It took her a moment to remember that she was currently Josef’s “girlfriend“.

She clenched the tissue in her hand and lied, “We had a fight, and he just left me by the road.”

Cedric nodded, “I see.”

Seeing her shivering from the cold, he raised the car’s heating without asking further.

The sudden increase in temperature inside the car gradually warmed Eleanor’s icy, stiff body.

She glanced at Cedric gratefully, then carefully explained, “I actually wanted to take a taxi, but my phone was out of power, and the nearby shops were closed. I had no place to wait out of the rain, so I stood by the road. Sorry to trouble you.”

uneasy Eleanor in the rear–view mirror. He reassured her gently,

head against

air blowing, she soon fell

after, the car stopped at the

said, “Ms.

response from the back seat, Cedric

window, sound asleep, his

she just fall asleep so

she think he was

motioned to his assistant.

to the back seat, opened

you’re

her eyes to see the darkness, and couldn’t

due to the rain worsening her condition, but luckily, her

car.

up and thanked him again, then pushed the door open and

“Ms. Shultz.”

stopped her and handed her an umbrella from the back seat,

it was worth tens of hundreds, and was afraid she wouldn’t have a chance to return it to him. So, she gently refused, “Thank you, but it’s just a few steps away.

thoughts through her eyes. He simply tossed her the umbrella, “you don’t need to

seeing Cedric’s assertive look, she had to

Mr. Laurence, please give me your contact information so I can find a time

her asking for his contact info, looking at her eyes, Cedric’s expression gradually became disdainful, “I don’t like those who show up

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