Chapter 388

I stared for a moment. “Really? Is he coming home tonight? Are you sure it’s okay for me to be here?”

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“Don’t worry, he’s not in Shaville right now. I brought you here so no one would bother us. It’s super safe.” Ryan sat down next to me. “Just spend the night here.”

“Huh?” I froze for a second.

Ryan said, “That guy actually followed you. What if he has backup? I’d be worried if you went home alone.”

His concern was totally valid–it was smarter to play it safe. Still, this wasn’t a hotel, it was Uncle Ryan’s place, and I couldn’t help but feel a bit uneasy about staying here.

“And you?” I asked.

Ryan laughed. “Of course, I’m staying here too.”

That put me at ease. “Alright then, hope I’m not causing you any trouble.“–

It was almost midnight now, and the place was dead quiet.

“You should get some sleep. I’ll be right next door,” Ryan said. “Just holler if you need anything.”

already, but I

“No need to be so polite. This is just how fate brought us

and I lowered my gaze. “I owe you a life–saving

shifted, just a hint of something in his eyes. “I was just lending a

you?” I asked. In my mind, whether it was fate or just coincidence, a debt

paused, then smirked, “Aren’t you even a little suspicious I might’ve hired someone to set you up, just so I could swoop in and play the

cold shiver running through me. “Was it

his voice dropping. “You really don’t get me at all. If anyone so much as lays a finger

little stunned by his

ever tries to hurt you like

in Ryan’s eyes sent a chill down my

Don’t let your mind run wild,” Ryan reassured me, then slipped out of

in a strange place, and I just couldn’t fall asleep. Even

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Chapter 388

edge of the bed, and scrolled through my phone for

eyes grew heavy did I finally let myself curl up under the covers and drift off to

terror of being dragged away by that man came rushing back–I shot up in bed,

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