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Then so be it.

Tyler would find out sooner or later. If he didn’t ask, Rachel wouldn’t say anything. But if he did, she’d just have to find another way to deal with it.

After the two of them sat down, Tyler grabbed some food for Rachel. “Eat a little more.”

Rachel looked at the food on her plate, and suddenly her heart raced. They say a guilty conscience shows through–this must be what it felt like.

It was such an ordinary gesture, but because she had just called Jerry and said all those things, she was

worried Tyler might have overheard.

Tyler was best at reading people. He was like a cat with a mouse–it didn’t have to eat right away.

Instead, it would toy with its prey, make it suffer, and only kill it after the torment had broken it down.

Just the thought of that made Rachel shiver.

It was frightening.

Still, she wasn’t foolish enough to expose herself outright.

She picked at her food without much appetite, while Tyler calmly ate his fish.

He asked her, “About what I told you earlier today–have you thought it through?”

suddenly looked

I say at all, or are you just pretending not to

seconds before it clicked. “Oh, right.

you

her head. “I haven’t decided

you really haven’t decided, or that you’ve already made up

words cut straight

She couldn’t reject Tyler–not yet. After all, she owed him too

they had spent together, and the things she had learned about the

as simple as deciding whether

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finished her work elsewhere. She had her own goals to accomplish. If she really stayed in Yurelia City with Tyler,

already made plans for her career. Tyler’s presence felt like a stumbling block in her path, even

Rachel chose

until you’re back from your business trip? Once you return,

definite answer.”

Tyler didn’t press her.

“If you say so.”

“Great.”

knew very well that she couldn’t avoid this forever. Sooner or later, she would have

answer. He wasn’t someone who could be fooled