Chapter 1019

She suddenly reached out, wrapping her arms around his neck.

“lan.”

lan was still standing outside the car, unexpectedly embraced, and his heart softened.

“Maja, you’ve become much clingier since I returned.”

This fool.

Maja didn’t respond, simply releasing him in silence.

lan was left standing outside the car, the passenger door still open.

He cupped her face, gazing at her for a minute before bending down to plant a tender kiss on her lips.

“Maja, I’m just trying to trust you.”

His words left Maja frozen.

He kissed her lips again.

“When I hold you close, every cell in my body feels at ease. Now that we’re together, I should trust you, right? I don’t want any more mishaps.” He closed the car door, his eyes suddenly deep and intense.

“I don’t care whether you’ve seen your first love or not. From the moment you said you liked me, you must draw a line with him! I overlooked the last incident, but you’re not allowed to lie to me anymore.”

Maja was practically at a loss for words.

Closing the car door, lan moved to the driver’s seat and drove towards Greenfield Gardens.

It was already five in the morning, and they would have to get up in an hour.

Maja wás bathed in the bathtub, and despite the comfort she found in his care, the thought of the two nights with another man was a thorn in her heart, pricking her each time it surfaced.

she returned to bed, wanting to confess but fearing that he would immediately break up with her.

stronger when they had nothing

they had something, they feared losing it, and

close,

at half past six, we can still sleep for an

Elsewhere.

to see him and Judith

in the morning, Judith had arrived at the Raymond Corporation, her hand still

greeted her with the

the CEO hasn’t

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puzzled. It was already nine, and lan, a workaholic, hadn’t

was about to inquire, she saw a man walking through the revolving glass door.

gray suit, lan was conversing

and just as she was about to approach, she

her own company, but lan had insisted on bringing her here

he had a mind of his own, clinging to her since breakfast, asking her to drop him off at the Raymond

morning at Greenfield Gardens, she had held a brief online meeting, unable to resist

past eight once my meeting ends, you’ll be late for

fine, I’ll wait

satisfied, sitting beside her without further interruption.

helplessness,

with him now, as he had accidentally left his

all the way to the lobby on the first

“lan.”

considering the surrounding gazes,

overtime at

it funny, “You left your

his face vanished, replaced by

“Oh.”

Judith, her gaze

lunch box in

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