Chapter 110

Worried about offending lan, she turned slightly as she sneezed, her shoulders shaking. Her face looked paler from being drenched in the rain, her wet hair obediently sticking to her cheeks, her eyelashes heavy with droplets of water.

Her clothes were thin and clung to her, outlining her elegant figure.

Maja rubbed her burning eyes and seeing lan’s car still there, politely asked, “Mr. Raymond, still burning the midnight oil?”

lan was indeed working overtime. There was a party at his family’s mansion the next night which he had to attend, so the meeting had been brought forward and had just ended.

He had assumed that Maja would ask for a lift, considering it was hard to get a cab at this intersection and she had neither a bag for a phone on her.

But his car had been parked there for two minutes, and the cars behind were honking. He hadn’t said anything, and Maja just smiled at him, politely and courteously, like treating an important client. lan was somewhat annoyed, but he didn’t know why.

“Where do you live?” he asked, his tone cold, his profile exuding a chilly air.

Maja needed to get some documents from the Pennyfeather family, but if she went there, lan would definitely find out about her identity in advance.

Plus, she was soaked through, getting in the car would only dirty it.

“I live nearby.”

in lari’s eyes. This was the first time he’d offered to take a woman home, only to be gently refused.

as Tyler said,

Maja was a bit surprised, thinking he was inviting her in. Just as she was about to make an excuse to refuse again, a handle popped out from the car door,

an umbrella, take

words that she reacted and quickly

it to

as “Mr. Raymond“. Polite and distant. The car

was already drenched, so the umbrella was of little use now. But having refused him once, to refuse again would be impolite. In fact, according to her truest

wouldn’t that blatantly indicate that she didn’t want to ride in lan’s car? That might seriously

back home. It would only take half an to walk

saw her really walking down

feet began to ache,

gate was shocked

why are you here?”

a

spoke, she walked through the gate with

doorbell in the living room and waited for about ten minutes before Cristina, dressed in pajamas, finally opened the

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