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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any noise but the room was as quiet as

lan’s bedroom, ears perked up and listened for a while.

Silence reigned inside.

quickly put two and two together. Maybe the couple had made up, for now.

barged in right now, it

away like a ghost, pretending he was

and lan could sleep like logs

to shield his eyes from the sunlight

was heavy, numbed by Maja’s head resting on

move when he looked down and saw Maja nestled in his

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

first thing in the morning filled his heart with sweetness, and he

her, staring

since he found out that the night she spent with him was her first time, he felt guilty about

leave him probably because she heard him

to go public afterward, perhaps thinking that he was into

throughout, he was the only one who had ever

Beck

ex–husband, was

in her sleep. The friction of the clothes made

to find his eyes

up and relaxed a bit when she

I’ll drive you to

excuse he used to talk to her last night and

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