Chapter 117

She gingerly held onto the car door and slowly settled herself inside.

Her knees and ankles were throbbing with pain, but she bit down on it, maintaining her polite and aloof demeanor towards lan.

“Sorry to bother you, Mr. Raymond”

The faint smell of blood lingered in the air.

After saying that, she worried about disturbing lan’s work, so she quietly sat in the corner and kept silent,

From the moment she got into the car, lan’s gaze had been fixed on her knees.

Her knees were still bleeding, a long wound visible, and her ankles were red and swollen.

If it had been any other woman, they might have lost control of their expressions due to the pain.

However, Maja just took a small, quiet breath and kept her gaze focused ahead.

The car quickly passed by where Connie was. Coco, who was with Connie, was too conspicuous for lan to miss.

He couldn’t help but ask Maja, “Where were you rushing off to?”

The last time he saw her, she seemed very attached to the little dog. Why would she suddenly hand the dog over to Connie and run in the other direction?

Maja hadn’t answered his question

apartment quite far from

that lan was not clear about her identity, so she

there. The villas there are said to be expensive. I rented a house nearby, but I’m soon moving to

years and should not need to rent. Moreover, she

surprised when I saw your car. I didn’t expect you to be in this

topic and started asking

“Hmm.”

He didn’t want to talk too much about the

to hobble out, but her foot was hurting too badly. She

awkward moments. She took a deep breath, Ignored the wound on her knee, and tried

changed color, but she stood outside

thank you.”

watched as she said that and hobbled towards

never asked for help even in difficult

amusing. He didn’t need to ask her if she needed help, his time was valuable and he had

say that, he could only step on the gas.

attend a banquet tonight, but could she go in her

circle tonight. If she showed

regretted, she shouldn’t have been in such

to send someone to pick up Coco, while she considered

should be able to endure wearing high heels.

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