Chapter 864

The light in the room was still on, but the two of them hadn’t moved at all.

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Maja thought she would be tossing and turning all night, but sleepiness hit her out of nowhere, and she was out like a light in no time.

Downstairs, Jeff had already arrived.

The boss had ordered him to come and pick up some clothes, and he didn’t dare to dawdle. It was Maria who opened the door for him.

Having been by lan’s side for so long, Jeff was a pretty good assistant.

He threw a glance upstairs, catching no signs of movement, and then turned to Maria.

“Maria, did the boss and Miss Penny have another squabble?”

Why else would he be in such a rush for him to come over and pick up his clothes?

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Maria thought for a moment. She hadn’t heard any ruckus either.

I’m not quite sure.”

“Maria, you should hit the sack. I’ll leave once I’m done packing the boss’s clothes.”

It was already late, and Maria, being up there in age, needed her–beauty–sleep. She simply nodded.

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upstairs, wondering if they had made any noise but the

lan’s bedroom, ears perked up

Silence reigned inside.

Maybe the couple

barged in right now, it would

quickly slipped away like a ghost,

to his discretion, Maja and lan could sleep like

to shield

by

down and saw Maja nestled in his arms, sleeping peacefully. Her eyelashes fluttered close, and she

the ceiling, recalling how he’d fallen asleep while changing clothes

to such a joyful sight first thing in the morning filled his heart with

turned to face her,

the night she spent with him was her first

probably because she heard him talking about divorce.

refused to go public afterward, perhaps thinking

the only one who

Beck were all history.

her ex–husband, was

of the clothes made her realize someone was next to her.

up to find his eyes filled with amusement.

bit when she saw they

to get up. I’ll drive you

remembered the excuse he used to talk to her last night and realized she hadn’t forgotten

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