Chapter 686

He let go of her, unable to resist rubbing his throbbing temples.

“Go to the rooftop,” Maja blurted out.

Unkindly, lan grabbed her and ushered her into the lift.

Upon reaching the rooftop, he noticed the slightly ajar door and the doorknob on the floor, his brows creasing.

He kicked the door open with his foot to an empty room.

He settled Maja on the couch, checking each room to ensure it was empty, then walked to the door and picked up the fallen doorknob.

Clearly, it had been forced open.

He casually dragged a shoe cabinet to block the door, then turned to look at her.

Maja sat on the sofa, shoes missing, revealing a pair of white socks.

The socks had become dirty from their journey.

He approached and sat next to her, taking off her socks.

She seemed to accept her fear, her toes curling and retreating a little.

lan tossed the socks into a nearby trash bin, “Do you have a first aid kit in the room?”

Maja nodded, silently pointing out a cabinet.

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He fetched the first aid kit and laid out the necessary medicines on the coffee table, checking each one’s expiration date. After confirming they were still usable, he squeezed some ointment onto his fingers.

Pulling her hair aside with one hand, he gently applied the ointment on her swollen cheek with the other.

sudden familiar scent left Maja’s mind in chaos.

spread the ointment on

It felt ticklish.

Painful and ticklish.

applying the ointment, he

hearing him

“Nolan.”

just sent him the recording, not expecting

indeed a

hand paused mid–air, his brows slightly furrowed.

he said nothing, only revealing her forehead and

tall, his actions now

cell in her

lan gently lifted her chin to get a clearer view

eyes closed, not daring to look at him, even her eyelashes trembling, his

had been intimately close before, but this time was

gaze fell on her

she was wronged, she would purse her

wronged ignited an uncontrollable

scene in the lift was deeply

overwhelmed with strong

done?” Maja still had her eyes closed, her chin lifted by him. She could only slightly tilt her

illuminated by the light. Despite her

but he remained

were still on her forehead. He

continued like this, he would

charming

take a shower,

of her and moved to

her head, hurriedly fetched a nightgown

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