Burning Passion: Love Never Die

In the sapphire Porsche, Debbie wasn’t able to contact anyone because her phone died. She hadn’t had a chance to charge it, and 12 hours was a long flight. Yet, she didn’t want to talk to Hayden either. The only thing she could do was lean toward the window and look out of it, watching the world go by.

Hayden had been talking about work with his assistant the whole way. He hadn’t intended to interrupt Debbie either. He respected her space, and sometimes it was just enough for him to catch a glimpse of her. They were downtown before he finally took the initiative to talk to her. But this time, he had a pretty important question to ask.

“Where’s your house?”

Debbie hesitated at the question. ‘Should I go back to the manor?

Carlos and Megan are probably there already.’ Not in the mood to see

Megan, she replied, “Please drive me to Esastin Villa.”

Hayden raised his eyebrows.

there too he said

“Alfred,

someone ready the house

“Yes, Hayden.”

caught in her throat. If she had known he had a house there too, she wouldn’t have rattled

they remained silent again all the way to Esastin Villa. She didn’t feel much like talking, and she was hoping Carlos wouldn’t figure out where she was right now, or that she’d caught a ride

Hayden.

up in front of Debbie’s previous

while saying, “Thank you for the ride,

Hayden suggested, “I figured out what you could do to repay me for the ticket. You used to make the most wonderful egg tarts. I haven’t had any in a long time. How about you make some for me now? Then we go our separate ways, and you owe me nothing. What

far-fetched excuse. He knew it, and

spend more time with her. And she didn’t want to do that. She wanted to talk to her friends, and