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.”

looking at the embarrassed and uneasy Eleanor

against the car window, closing her eyes

warm air blowing,

after, the car stopped at the

turning around, Cedric said,

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

sound asleep, his

naive? Could she just fall asleep so

was

motioned to his

went to the back seat, opened the car door, and

you’re home.”

see

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

car.

again, then pushed

“Ms. Shultz.”

her an umbrella from the back seat, “It’s raining

tens of hundreds, and was afraid she wouldn’t have a chance to return it to him. So, she gently refused, “Thank you,

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

look, she had to accept

me your contact information so I can

Cedric’s expression gradually

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