Chapter 161

Maja’s phone was tucked securely in her pocket, yet she had no idea who was calling her that night. Even though she had silenced her phone, the calls kept rolling in, one after the other.

The ringing seemed incessant, as if it wouldn’t stop until she picked up.

Things had escalated to the point where Maja felt cornered. She was already contemplating how she’d explain herself once lan finally recognized her.

It was such a night. The rain was roaring outside and the only sound inside was the ringing of her phone.

Maja bowed her head, trying to fish her phone out of her pocket.

“Mr. Raymond, actually I…”

Before she could finish her sentence, a thunderclap echoed from outside the window, but with no accompanying flash of lightning, the room remained in darkness.

Due to the sudden burst of thunder, lan missed the unique change in her voice.

Otherwise, he would have recognized immediately, that this was his designer.

At this moment, however, he couldn’t hear anything over the sudden thunder and the ringing phone.

Maja had prepared herself to give up and had even thought about how she would apologize.

But the moment she pulled her phone out of her pocket, it powered down completely.

her doing though, the phone had simply

in a rush when she left the house tonight and had spent the entire previous night at the hospital. Her phone hadn’t. -had a chance to be charged and after all the incessant ringing, the

What a coincidence!

wonder if she had done something great in her past life, to be offered such a turn of events at this point.

scent was even more familiar, but for the

new here and I accidentally broke a bowl earlier, so I

been crouching there all along, picking

didn’t know where the fuse box was because she was

on our toes around you, we’re all scared

voice was barely a whisper as she said this, sounding

brows and let go of

wasn’t used to being close with women, physical contact made him uncomfortable.

reflex.

releasing her, did he realize he had been holding on for a minute.

rubbed his forehead, wondering if the stress from his grandfather pushing him so

“Got it.”

as indifferent as ever. Then he walked out, “It’s dark in here, be careful.”

listening as his footsteps faded away and finally let out

he had gone upstairs,

charge and saw that it was Neil Pennyfeather who had been calling. He wanted her to bring lan to the

had requested before, but all Maja felt was a

opposed to her identity, there was no

just now and felt that she just couldn’t stay in

next morning, she didn’t leave the house, waiting for lan

that lan had left, did she breathe

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