Chapter 1018

Maja nestled next to him, her body still filled with tension.

Not until the gentle sound of his breathing reached her ears did she realize that lan had fallen asleep.

His arms were wrapped tightly around her, his chin resting on her shoulder, sleeping soundly.

Maja gazed out at the view from the window, the sunlight bathing the scenery outside, a pang of tenderness flooding her heart.

lan was a difficult man, his temper not the best, prone to irritation.

He was cold to strangers, but he had a way of melting her heart.

Especially when he let his guard down, it was heart–wrenching.

Maja fell silent, closing her eyes quietly.

She spent the previous night wide awake, worried about the marks on her body. Now, feeling his presence, she found comfort.

They lay intertwined on the couch, drifting off to sleep.

Zoey walked into the office at some point, noticing Maja’s absence. She figured she must be resting, especially since the door to the resting room was slightly ajar.

Zoey placed the documents she was holding on the desk, ready to open the door and call Maja.

Since it was already two hours past, they had to process the afternoon’s paperwork.

But through a slight crack in the door, she noticed a man holding a woman tightly in his arms.

covered the two. Maja seemed petite in his ‘presence as if wholly enveloped in

to say, wisely closed the

in the afternoon, Zoey would tell them, “Mr. Pennyfeather is

of the top–floor

his arms still

at ease, wishing he would hold

sky outside was now dark, the neon lights

light from outside to see

a few times and called his name, but lan pulled her back, starting to undress her in the

sleep, it was

was helpless, so she let

the resting room before he carried her into

raspy, “We haven’t tried this place

chance to reply before they were at it again.

four in the morning that he finally dressed her, turning on the lights in

her fingers trembling as

leaving few marks, but he would surely

clothes, but her nervousness

up the last

at

Or did I hurt

her head, revealing large marks on

examining

was about to say something offensive,

then he lowered his

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