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

head against the car window, closing

the warm air blowing, she

the car stopped at the

around, Cedric said,

a while and receiving no response from the back seat, Cedric turned around.

the window, sound asleep, his

too naive? Could she just fall asleep so comfortably

was a good

motioned to

back seat, opened

Shultz, you’re

to see the darkness, and couldn’t make out

knew it was due to the rain worsening her condition, but luckily, her mind was

car.

thanked him again, then pushed the door

“Ms. Shultz.”

an umbrella from the back seat, “It’s raining heavily outside, take this

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

her thoughts through her eyes. He simply tossed her

assertive look, she

me your contact information so I can find a time to return it to you

contact info, looking at her eyes, Cedric’s expression gradually

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